Clinician access via plaintext hard-coded passwords
Published Nov 14, 2024 · Updated Nov 15, 2024
Use of hard-coded credentials in Baxter Life2000 06.08.00.00 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain clinician privileges. The ventilator stores both the Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password as plaintext constants that can be recovered from the device. Physical access to an unattended unit is required; the recovered credentials grant clinician-level access to settings and device data.
Summary
What happened
Use of hard-coded credentials in Baxter Life2000 06.08.00.00 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain clinician privileges. The ventilator stores both the Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password as plaintext constants that can be recovered from the device. Physical access to an unattended unit is required; the recovered credentials grant clinician-level access to settings and device data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48971
- Published
- Nov 14, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 15, 2024
- Vendor
- Baxter International
- Product
- Life2000 Ventilation System
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T0859
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 15, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=06.08.00.00 and prior
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