CVE-2017-12712

CVE-2017-12712 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence

The authentication algorithm in Abbott Laboratories pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017, which involves an authentication key and time stamp, can be compromised or bypassed, which may allow a nearby attacker to issue unauthorized commands to the pacemaker via RF communications. CVSS v3 base score: 7.5, CVSS vector string: AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Abbott has developed a firmware update to help mitigate the identified vulnerabilities.

Published Apr 25, 2018Updated Sep 17, 2024Sources: cvelistV5, icscert

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Unreported

no source claims exploitation

EPSS

chance of exploitation in 30 days

Affects

abbott laboratories

accent_anthem_accent_mri_assurity_allure_and_assurity_mri

CVSS base

Unscored

no source published a base score

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

abbott laboratories

Products (1)

accent anthem accent mri assurity allure and assurity mri

Weakness & attack patterns

CWE-287

Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.

T1548Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
T1040Network Sniffing
T1185Browser Session Hijacking

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.

Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

References

2 on the record

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-17-241-01
x_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100523
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID

Elsewhere on this site

abbott laboratoriesevery CVE for this vendor
CWE-287other pages naming this weakness

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.