ICSMA-18-137-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2018-05-17 00:00
Modified
2018-07-12 00:00
Summary
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer (Update A)

Notes

CISA Disclaimer
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov
Legal Notice
All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation
As part of the normal functionality of this device, the N 'Vision Clinician Programmer may store Personal Health Information (PHI) or Personal Identifying Information (PII). Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker with physical access to an 8870 N 'Vision Compact Flash card to access this PHI or PII.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Healthcare and Public Health
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Dublin, Ireland
Recommended Practices
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
NCCIC also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS-CERT website in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are not exploitable remotely.


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          "text": "The affected product does not encrypt the following sensitive information while at rest: PII - Personally Identifiable Information. Some combination of personal data that enables the unique identification of an individual. PII is defined as information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual \u0027s identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.PHI - Protected Health Information. Some combination of PII and associated health related data.CVE-2018-8849 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 4.6 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).",
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          "text": "The 8840 Clinician Programmer executes the application program from the 8870 Application Card. An attacker with physical access to an 8870 Application Card and sufficient technical capability can modify the contents of this card, including the binary executables. If modified to bypass protection mechanisms, this malicious code will be run when the card is inserted into an 8840 Clinician Programmer.CVE-2018-10631 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 basescore of 6.3 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
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