CVE-2016-9355 describes a vulnerability in Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) Alaris 8015 Point of Care (PC) units, versions 9.5 and prior, and version 9.7. An attacker with physical access can disassemble the device and extract unencrypted wireless network authentication credentials and other sensitive technical data from its removable flash memory. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity but requiring physical access to the device. The primary impact is the high confidentiality risk due to the exposure of sensitive data, with no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public attention to this specific CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bd:alaris_8015_pc_unit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bd:alaris_8015_pc_unit:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.