CVE-2019-13539 HIGH

CVE-2019-13539: Medtronic Valleylab FT10 and FX8 Reversible One-way Hash

Vendor Medtronic
Product Valleylab Exchange Client
Weakness CWE-328 · Weak hash
Published November 8, 2019
Last update May 22, 2025

CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client version 3.4 and below, Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform (VLFT10GEN) software version 4.0.0 and below, and Valleylab FX8 Energy Platform (VLFX8GEN) software version 1.1.0 and below use the descrypt algorithm for OS password hashing. While interactive, network-based logons are disabled, and attackers can use the other vulnerabilities within this report to obtain local shell access and access these hashes.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 8, 2019 CVE published
May 22, 2025 Record updated