CVE-2015-3954 describes a critical vulnerability in several Hospira Plum and Symbiq Infusion Systems, where unauthenticated users can gain root privileges via the default open Port 23/TELNET. This allows an unauthorized attacker to issue commands to the medical devices. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers. Hospira recommends closing Port 23/TELNET and notes that the Plum 360 Infusion System is not vulnerable.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 13.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:pifzer:plum_a\+_infusion_system_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:pifzer:plum_a\+3_infusion_system_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:pifzer:symbiq_infusion_system_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.