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CVE-2018-8870

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8870 describes a hard-coded operating system password in Medtronic 24950 and 24952 MyCareLink Monitors. An attacker with physical access can exploit this by connecting to the debug port, gaining privileged access to the device's operating system. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating a high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires physical proximity for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:medtronic:24950_mycarelink_monitor_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:medtronic:24952_mycarelink_monitor_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 1,532 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

global.medtronic.com / xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-6-28-18.html
ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource