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Critical
CVE-2024-48971
Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded in Life2000 Ventilator
Vulnerability Description
The Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded into the ventilator in plaintext form. This could allow an attacker to obtain the password off the ventilator and use it to gain unauthorized access to the device, with clinician privileges.
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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Vulnerable Versions:
06.08.00.00 and prior
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 14th, 2024
Last Modified:
November 15th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H