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CVE-2017-12724

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12724 describes a Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability affecting Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pumps (versions 1.1, 1.5, and 1.6). The pump's FTP server contains hardcoded, uninitialized credentials, accessible only if FTP connections are enabled. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article from SecurityWeek.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSMA-17-250-02A
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/100665
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry