CVE-2024-48971 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-48971: Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded in Life2000 Ventilator

Vendor Baxter
Product Life2000 Ventilation System
Weakness CWE-798 · Hardcoded credentials
Published November 14, 2024
Last update November 15, 2024

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded into the ventilator in plaintext form. This could allow an attacker to obtain the password off the ventilator and use it to gain unauthorized access to the device, with clinician privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 14, 2024 CVE published
November 15, 2024 Record updated