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CVE-2018-5448

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CVE-2018-5448 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer software and firmware, allowing an authenticated attacker on the local network to read arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 5.7 (Medium), exploitation requires low privileges and network access, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:medtronic:2090_carelink_programmer_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 314 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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-18-058-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
global.medtronic.com / xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/carelink-2090-29901.html
cisa.gov / news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-058-01