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CVE-2018-8870

Published: Jul 2, 2018

Modified: May 22, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.4

MEDIUM

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Medtronic

24950 MyCareLink Monitor

affected
All versions

Medtronic

24952 MyCareLink Monitor

affected
All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-259

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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