CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-15483

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2020-08-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2020-08-26
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-306

Description

An issue was discovered on Nescomed Multipara Monitor M1000 devices. The physical UART debug port provides a shell, without requiring a password, with complete access.

Affected configurations

• niscomed m1000 multipara patient monitor firmware

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-1299 Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface weakness
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness

References

https://payatu.com/advisory/unauthenticated-uart-root-shell--in-niscomed-patient-monitor Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.niscomed.com/multipara-monitor.html Product
https://payatu.com/advisory/unauthenticated-uart-root-shell--in-niscomed-patient-monitor Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.niscomed.com/multipara-monitor.html Product