CVE-2025-0683
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
30/01/2025
Last modified:
31/01/2025
Description
In its default configuration, Contec Health CMS8000 Patient Monitor transmits plain-text <br />
patient data to a hard-coded public IP address when a patient is hooked <br />
up to the monitor. This could lead to a leakage of confidential patient <br />
data to any device with that IP address or an attacker in a <br />
machine-in-the-middle scenario.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
8.20
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-25-030-01
- https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/cybersecurity-vulnerabilities-certain-patient-monitors-contec-and-epsimed-fda-safety-communication
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/backdoor-found-in-two-healthcare-patient-monitors-linked-to-ip-in-china/
- https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/contec-cms8000-contains-backdoor
- https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/cybersecurity-vulnerabilities-certain-patient-monitors-contec-and-epsimed-fda-safety-communication