CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-25183

Improper Authentication

Published: Dec 14, 2020 | Modified: Dec 15, 2020
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Medtronic MyCareLink Smart 25000 all versions contain an authentication protocol vuln where the method used to auth between MCL Smart Patient Reader and MyCareLink Smart mobile app is vulnerable to bypass. This vuln allows attacker to use other mobile device or malicious app on smartphone to auth to the patient’s Smart Reader, fools the device into thinking its communicating with the actual smart phone application when executed in range of Bluetooth.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mycarelink_smart_model_25000_firmware Medtronic * *

Potential Mitigations

References