CVE-2022-36385 describes a critical vulnerability in Contec CMS8000 devices and their firmware, allowing an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to perform malicious firmware updates via a USB drive. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium) due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring physical presence (AV:P). There are no authentication or control mechanisms to prevent such an attack, enabling permanent changes to device functionality. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:contechealth:cms8000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.