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VAR-201805-1110

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-05-23 23:07

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer

uses a per-product username and password that is stored in a recoverable format. Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer is a set of portable computer products produced by American Medtronic Company. This product is used to manage and program cardiac equipment in the medical industry. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials into a software deployment network

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CVE-2018-5446 (GCVE-0-2018-5446)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-04 18:00 – Updated: 2025-05-22 17:40

Title

Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

Summary

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer uses a per-product username and password that is stored in a recoverable format.

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-257

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

	https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-securi…
	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advi…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Medtronic

2090 CareLink Programmer

Affected: All versions

Medtronic

29901 Encore Programmer

Affected: All versions

Credits

Billy Rios and Jonathan Butts of Whitescope LLC identified these vulnerabilities and reported them to CISA.

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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VAR-201805-1110

CVE-2018-5446 (GCVE-0-2018-5446)

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