# CVE-2021-38392: Improper Access Control for Boston Scientific Zoom Latitude

> An attacker with physical access can modify telemetry settings to interrogate or program implantable devices globally, bypassing regional restrictions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3xgp-qw97-rfg4

## What is CVE-2021-38392?

CVE-2021-38392 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Boston Scientific ZOOM LATITUDE, published on 4 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A skilled attacker with physical access to the affected device can gain access to the hard disk drive of the device to change the telemetry region and could use this setting to interrogate or program an implantable device in any region in the world.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38392?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bostonscientific Zoom Latitude Pogrammer\/Recorder\/Monitor 3120 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-38392?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38392 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-38392 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38392 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Boston Scientific ZOOM LATITUDE

- [CVE-2021-38400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38400/): Use of Password Hash with Insufficient Computational Effort for Boston Scientific Zoom Latitude (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2021-38396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38396/): Missing Support Integrity Check for Boston Scientific Zoom Latitude (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-38398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38398/): Reliance on Component that is not Updateable for Boston Scientific Zoom Latitude (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-38394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38394/): Security feature bypass in ZOOM LATITUDE (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38392 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-38392 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Boston Scientific ZOOM LATITUDE, published on 4 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38392 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Boston Scientific ZOOM LATITUDE. 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-2021-38392/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38392/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38392
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38392
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38392

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38392/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.