CVE-2024-48971 describes a critical vulnerability in unspecified ventilators where clinician passwords and serial numbers are hard-coded in plaintext. This allows an attacker to easily extract these credentials, leading to unauthorized access with clinician privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a local attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential future interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | Life2000 Ventilation System | 06.08.00.00 and priorCNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 1.0 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.