CVE-2018-8870 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2018-8870

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Use of Hard-coded Password

6.4 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Peter Morgan of Clever Security reported this vulnerability

References

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Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Data Encryption Weakness

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Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Deserialization Vulnerability

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Hardware Debug Port

Affected Vendor

Medtronic

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Affected Software

24950 MyCareLink Monitor, 24952 MyCareLink Monitor

Vulnerable Versions:

All versions

Timeline

Official Publish: July 2nd, 2018

Last Modified: May 22nd, 2025

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Credential Access

T1005 Data from Local System

T1078 Valid Accounts