CVE-2019-13539 Medtronic Valleylab FT10 and FX8 Reversible One-way Hash
Medtronic energy platforms use weak password hashing, allowing attackers with local access to recover credentials and escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-13539?
CVE-2019-13539 is a high-severity vulnerability in Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client, published on 8 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client version 3.4 and below, Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform (VLFT10GEN) software version 4.0.0 and below, and Valleylab FX8 Energy Platform (VLFX8GEN) software version 1.1.0 and below use the descrypt algorithm for OS password hashing. While interactive, network-based logons are disabled, and attackers can use the other vulnerabilities within this report to obtain local shell access and access these hashes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13539?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client, Medtronic Valleylab Ft10 Energy Platform Firmware, Medtronic Valleylab Fx8 Energy Platform Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13539?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-13539 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13539 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hv9m-498v-fp67.