CVE-2018-8870

medium

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.

References

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01

https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-6-28-18.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-03

Updated: 2025-05-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00084