CVE-2018-8870 (GCVE-0-2018-8870)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-07-02 18:00
Modified
2025-05-22 18:10
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor Version: All versions
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