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Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface

CVE-2022-43557

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

The BD BodyGuard™ infusion pumps specified allow for access through the RS-232 (serial) port interface. If exploited, threat actors with physical access, specialized equipment and knowledge may be able to configure or disable the pump. No electronic protected health information (ePHI), protected health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII) is stored in the pump.

  • HIGH
  • PHYSICAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH

CWE-1299 - Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface

The lack of protections on alternate paths to access control-protected assets (such as unprotected shadow registers and other external facing unguarded interfaces) allows an attacker to bypass existing protections to the asset that are only performed against the primary path.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published