ICSMA-20-170-05
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Published 2020-06-18
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BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II
CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM
Risk Summary
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with physical access to the CardioMessenger to obtain sensitive data, obtain transmitted medical data from implanted cardiac devices with the implant 's serial number or impact Cardio Messenger II product functionality. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with adjacent access to influence communications between the Home Monitoring Unit (HMU) and the Access Point Name (APN) gateway network.
Remediations
- BIOTRONIK reports they will not be issuing a product security update; however, BIOTRONIK has identified compensating controls which have been put place that reduce the risk of exploitation and prevent patient safety risks. BIOTRONIK assessed these vulnerabilities and determined no new potential safety risks exist. BIOTRONIK recommends users take the following defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
Affected Vendors
BIOTRONIK
Affected Products (2)
BIOTRONIK
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CardioMessenger II-S T-Line T4APP
2.2
BIOTRONIK
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CardioMessenger II-S GSM T4APP
2.2
Affected Sectors
Healthcare and Public Health
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