Reversible One-Way Hash in Medtronic products - CVE-2019-13539
Published: November 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22639
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13539
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Medtronic
Affected software:
Valleylab FX8 Energy Platform
Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform
Valleylab Exchange Client
Valleylab FX8 Energy Platform
Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform
Valleylab Exchange Client
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass authentication on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the the affected products use the decrypt algorithm for OS password hashing. While interactive, network-based logins are disable and local user can use other vulnerabilities to obtain local shell access and access these hashes.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13539
Install updates from vendor's website.