Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Medtronic Paradigm wireless insulin pump 512, 522, 712, and 722 allows remote attackers to modify the delivery of an insulin bolus dose and cause a denial of service (adverse human health effects) via unspecified vectors involving wireless communications and knowledge of the device's serial number, as demonstrated by Jerome Radcliffe at the Black Hat USA conference in August 2011. NOTE: the vendor has disputed the severity of this issue, saying "we believe the risk of deliberate, malicious, or unauthorized manipulation of medical devices is extremely low... we strongly believe it would be extremely difficult for a third-party to wirelessly tamper with your insulin pump... you would be able to detect tones on the insulin pump that weren't intentionally programmed and could intervene accordingly."

Severity

 

CVSS Version 3.x CVSS Version 2.0

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score:  N/A

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score:  4.0 MEDIUM

Vector:  (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://sixuntilme.com/blog2/2011/08/hacked_jay_radcliffe_insulin_p.html
http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/231300312/getting-root-on-the-human-body.html
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/04/insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-hacking/?test=faces
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HackersCanKillDiabeticsWithInsulinPumpsFromAHalfMileAwayUmNoFactsVsJournalisticFearMongering.aspx
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/231600265
http://www.loop-blog.com/Blog_Full_Post?id=a09C000000Dbz3JIAR
http://www.scmagazineus.com/black-hat-insulin-pumps-can-be-hacked/article/209106/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69643

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information	NIST

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Change History

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CVE Modified by MITRE 8/28/2017 9:30:11 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69643 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/69643 [No Types Assigned]

Initial CVE Analysis 9/05/2011 4:29:00 PM

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