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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Update Download Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (VPN). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-10596. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Update Download Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (VPN). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer all versions The affected product uses a virtual private network connection to securely download updates. The product does not verify it is still connected to this virtual private network before downloading updates. An attacker with local network access to the programmer could influence these communications.

The bug was discovered 02/27/2018. The weakness was published 07/03/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-10596 since 05/01/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 125 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-117372 and VDB-117373. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Medical Device Software

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• Medtronic

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• 2090 Carelink Programmer

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