CVE-2018-8870 Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Use of Hard-coded Password
An attacker with physical access can use a hard-coded password to gain privileged operating system access on Medtronic MyCareLink monitors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-8870?
CVE-2018-8870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor, published on 2 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8870?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Medtronic 24950 Mycarelink Monitor Firmware, Medtronic 24952 Mycarelink Monitor Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8870?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8870 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-8870 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7jf7-367c-mvv4.