# CVE-2016-9355: Information disclosure in BD Alaris 8015 Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerabilities

> An attacker with physical access can extract unencrypted wireless credentials and sensitive data from the device's flash memory.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 13 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4mq5-8ppx-r669

## What is CVE-2016-9355?

CVE-2016-9355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BD Alaris 8015 Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerabilities, published on 13 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) Alaris 8015 Point of Care (PC) unit, Version 9.5 and prior versions, and Version 9.7. An unauthorized user with physical access to an Alaris 8015 PC unit may be able to obtain unencrypted wireless network authentication credentials and other sensitive technical data by disassembling an Alaris 8015 PC unit and accessing the device's flash memory. Older software versions of the Alaris 8015 PC unit, Version 9.5 and prior versions, store wireless network authentication credentials and other sensitive technical data on the affected device's removable flash memory. Being able to remove the flash memory from the affected device reduces the risk of detection, allowing an attacker to extract stored data at the attacker's convenience.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9355?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bd Alaris 8015 Pc Unit.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-9355?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9355 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-9355 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Firmware security analysis of BD Alaris 8015 infusion pump (CVE-2016-9355). Identified 6 compound vulnerabilities including plaintext Wi-Fi credentials, HTTP firmware updates, and disabled integrity checks. STRIDE threat modeling and MITRE Playbook validation. (github_poc): https://github.com/nadafarafat/bd-alaris-firmware-analysis

## Other vulnerabilities in BD Alaris 8015 Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2016-8375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8375/): Information disclosure in BD Alaris 8015 through 9.7 and 8000 (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9355 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-9355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BD Alaris 8015 Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerabilities, published on 13 Feb 2017. 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-2016-9355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BD Alaris 8015 Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerabilities. 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-2016-9355/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9355/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9355
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9355
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9355

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