CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
39.6%
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to malicious code injection, shutdown of database service, or the ability to access, modify, or delete sensitive data from the database.
The following Baxter (formerly Hillrom and Welch Allyn) products are affected:
Due to improper sanitation of values of certain parameters, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially run arbitrary SQL queries, access, modify and delete sensitive data and/or administrative operations including shutting down the database.
CVE-2024-6795 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
A vulnerability in the application could potentially lead to an unauthorized user gaining access to patient and clinician information, modifying or deleting clinic details.
CVE-2024-6796 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).
Baxter reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
Baxter is unaware of any exploitation of these vulnerabilities and/or the compromise of personal or health data. No user action is required.
Baxter recommends the following workarounds to help reduce risk:
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities, such as:
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
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