# CVE-2014-5431: Hardcoded credentials in SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System

> Hard-coded credentials in Baxter infusion pumps allow attackers with physical access to modify biomedical settings and disable alarms.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2wv9-4g7m-79pc

## What is CVE-2014-5431?

CVE-2014-5431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Baxter SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System, published on 26 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Baxter SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System version 6.05 (model 35700BAX) with wireless battery module (WBM) version 16 contains a hard-coded password, which provides access to basic biomedical information, limited device settings, and network configuration of the WBM, if connected. The hard-coded password may allow an attacker with physical access to the device to access management functions to make unauthorized configuration changes to biomedical settings such as turn on and off wireless connections and the phase-complete audible alarm that indicates the end of an infusion phase. Baxter has released a new version of the SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System, version 8, which incorporates hardware and software changes.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-259 (Use of Hard-coded Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5431?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Baxter Sigma Spectrum Infusion System Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-5431?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5431 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-5431 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5431 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Baxter SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System

- [CVE-2020-12040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12040/): Information disclosure in Baxter Sigma Spectrum Infusion Pumps (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-12043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12043/): Security feature bypass in Baxter Sigma Spectrum Infusion Pumps (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-12045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12045/): Hardcoded credentials in Baxter Sigma Spectrum Infusion Pumps (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-12047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12047/): Hardcoded credentials in Baxter Sigma Spectrum Infusion Pumps (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-5432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5432/): Auth bypass in SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-5431 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-5431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Baxter SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System, published on 26 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5431 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Baxter SIGMA Spectrum Infusion System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5431/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5431/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5431
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5431
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5431

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5431/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.