CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-18979

An issue was discovered in the Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE application for Android before 2019-01-15. It has a statically coded initialization vector. Extraction of the initialization vector is necessary for deciphering communications between this application and the backend server. This, in combination with retrieving any user's encrypted data from the Ascensia cloud through another vulnerability, allows an attacker to obtain and modify any patient's medical information.

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://depthsecurity.com/blog/medical-exploitation-you-are-now-diabetic Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:ascensia:contour_diabetes:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-05-06 08:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-18979

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18979

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-798