VDB-96933 · CVE-2017-5149 · BID 95331

St. Jude Medical Merlin@home up to 8.2.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in St. Jude Medical Merlin@home up to 8.2.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-5149. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in St. Jude Medical Merlin@home up to 8.2.1 (Medical Device Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in St. Jude Medical Merlin@home, versions prior to Version 8.2.2 (RF models: EX1150; Inductive models: EX1100; and Inductive models: EX1100 with MerlinOnDemand capability). The identities of the endpoints for the communication channel between the transmitter and St. Jude Medical's web site, Merlin.net, are not verified. This may allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to access or influence communications between the identified endpoints.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2017. The weakness was presented 02/13/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5149 since 01/03/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 8.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95331†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Merlin@home 8.2.2

Timelineinfo

01/03/2017 🔍
01/09/2017 +6 days 🔍
01/09/2017 +0 days 🔍
02/13/2017 +35 days 🔍
02/13/2017 +0 days 🔍
02/14/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/02/2020 +1296 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-5149 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5149
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96933
SecurityFocus: 95331 - Merlin@home CVE-2017-5149 Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5149 - St. Jude Medical - Medical Merlin@home - Man-in-the-Middle Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 02/14/2017 09:18
Updated: 09/02/2020 10:08
Changes: 02/14/2017 09:18 (60), 09/02/2020 10:08 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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