Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer Relative Path Traversal

Published 8 y ago 2018-05-04 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

4.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 54%

Public exploits

none known

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer’s software deployment network contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow an attacker to read files on the system.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.73% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.1	4.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
CNA	3.1	4.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	3.0	5.7	`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	2.7	`AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer
Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

global.medtronic.com /xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/carelink-2090-29901.html
cisa.gov /news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-058-01
ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSMA-18-058-01 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-5448
NVD: CVE-2018-5448

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