VDB-117978 · CVE-2018-8849 · BID 104213

Medtronic 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Medtronic 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer and 8870 N'Vision Removable Application Card. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-8849. An attack on the physical device is feasible. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Medtronic 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer and 8870 N'Vision Removable Application Card (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer, all versions, and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card, all versions does not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.

The bug was discovered 05/17/2018. The weakness was presented 05/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at medtronic.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-8849 since 03/20/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104213†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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03/20/2018 🔍
05/17/2018 +58 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: medtronic.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-8849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-8849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117978
SecurityFocus: 104213 - Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer CVE-2018-8849 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2018 22:05
Updated: 06/27/2025 19:55
Changes: 05/18/2018 22:05 (57), 02/07/2020 11:20 (4), 06/27/2025 19:55 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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