Medtronic MyCareLink 24950/MyCareLink 24952 credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Medtronic MyCareLink 24950 and MyCareLink 24952 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes credentials management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-10622. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Medtronic MyCareLink 24950 and MyCareLink 24952 (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor uses per-product credentials that are stored in a recoverable format. An attacker can use these credentials to modify encrypted drive data.

The bug was discovered 08/07/2018. The weakness was published 08/10/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-10622 since 05/01/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 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 databases at EUVD (EUVD-2018-2694) and SecurityFocus (BID 105042†). Similar entry is available at VDB-122756. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/01/2018 🔍
08/07/2018 +98 days 🔍
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08/10/2018 +2 days 🔍
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08/11/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/19/2026 +2838 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-10622 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10622
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122755
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SecurityFocus: 105042 - Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2018 06:43
Updated: 05/19/2026 19:31
Changes: 08/11/2018 06:43 (58), 03/14/2020 10:56 (3), 05/22/2025 19:29 (17), 05/22/2025 20:09 (12), 05/19/2026 19:31 (8)
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