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CVE-2017-12716

Abbott Laboratories Accent and Anthem pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017 transmit unencrypted patient informa

Abbott Laboratories Accent and Anthem pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017 transmit unencrypted patient information via RF communications to programmers and home monitoring units. Additionally, the Accent and Anthem pacemakers store the optional patient information without encryption. CVSS v3 base score: 3.1, CVSS vector string: AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Abbott has developed a firmware update to help mitigate the identified vulnerabilities.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00036
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-311Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
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Affected Products & Versions

4
abbott accent firmware< f0b.0e.7e
abbott anthem firmware< f0b.0e.7e
abbott accent mri firmware< f10.08.6c
abbott accent st firmware< f10.08.6c
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD25 Apr 2018 · 01:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

1
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2017-icsma-17-241-01
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100523Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-17-241-01Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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