CVE-2018-8870

MEDIUM

Medtronic 24950-24952 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.3%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-259 CWE-798
Status published
Products (2)
medtronic/24950_mycarelink_monitor_firmware
medtronic/24952_mycarelink_monitor_firmware
Published Jul 03, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026