Medtronic CareLink 9790 Programmer 29901 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer and CareLink 9790 Programmer 29901. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-18984. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer and CareLink 9790 Programmer 29901 (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer CareLink 9790 Programmer 29901 Encore Programmer, all versions, The affected products do not encrypt or do not sufficiently encrypt the following sensitive information while at rest PII and PHI.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2018. The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-18984 since 11/06/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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 T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 databases at EUVD (EUVD-2018-10688) and SecurityFocus (BID 106215†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base 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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/06/2018 🔍
12/13/2018 +37 days 🔍
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12/14/2018 +1 days 🔍
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12/16/2018 +2 days 🔍
05/22/2025 +2349 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18984 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18984
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127987
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SecurityFocus: 106215 - Medtronic CareLink Encore Programmers CVE-2018-18984 Weak Encryption Security Weakness

Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2018 10:24
Updated: 05/22/2025 20:26
Changes: 12/16/2018 10:24 (57), 04/21/2020 09:14 (3), 05/22/2025 20:09 (27), 05/22/2025 20:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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