CVE-2015-3459

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3459
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-29 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe communication module on the Hospira LifeCare PCA Infusion System before 7.0 does not require authentication for root TELNET sessions, which allows remote attackers to modify the pump configuration via unspecified commands.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Hospira Lifecare Pca3 - All All All
Hardware Hospira Lifecare Pca5 - All All All
Operating System Hospira Lifecare Pcainfusion Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Hospira Lifecare PCA Infusion Pump CVE-2015-3459 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Vulnerabilities of Hospira LifeCare PCA3 and PCA5 Infusion Pump Systems: FDA Safety Communication af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fda.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 imgur.com Not Applicable
dyngnosis on Twitter: "Don't buy a Hospira PCA drug pump to do security stuff. Busybx no passwd shell on 23, no-auth CGIs, also never hook it up to a human being" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com Press/Media Coverage
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 imgur.com Not Applicable
dyngnosis on Twitter: "@SushiDude @XSSniper @scotterven @WIRED Hospira "Lifecare PCA Drug Infusion Pump" http://t.co/JjAVF3J9KO SW ver 412 http://t.co/rSS0gqtfby" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com Press/Media Coverage
Hospira LifeCare PCA Infusion System Vulnerabilities (Update B) | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Hospira PCA3 Drug Infusion Pump | 0xTech Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hextechsecurity.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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