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GHSA-7JF7-367C-MVV4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:31 – Updated: 2025-05-22 21:30

Details

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor, 24950 MyCareLink Monitor, all versions, and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor, all versions contains a hard-coded operating system password. An attacker with physical access can remove the case of the device, connect to the debug port, and use the password to gain privileged access to the operating system.

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2018-8870 (GCVE-0-2018-8870)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-02 18:00 – Updated: 2025-05-22 18:10

Summary

Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor contains a hard-coded operating system password. An attacker with physical access can remove the case of the device, connect to the debug port, and use the password to gain privileged access to the operating system.

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-259

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

	https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-securi…
	https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Medtronic

24950 MyCareLink Monitor

Affected: All versions

Medtronic

24952 MyCareLink Monitor

Affected: All versions

Credits

Peter Morgan of Clever Security reported this vulnerability

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