Seriously? More Vulnerabilities?! (WWBN, MedDream & Eclipse)

Right, listen up you lot. Because apparently some people *still* need to be told this shit. Talos just dug up a whole heap of problems in three separate things: WWBN (a remote patient monitoring system – surprise, it’s insecure), MedDream (another remote monitoring thing, also shockingly vulnerable) and the godforsaken mess that is Eclipse (an open-source IDE. Should have seen this coming).

Basically, WWBN has a bunch of hardcoded credentials – seriously, who does that?! – and allows unauthenticated access to patient data. MedDream? Same deal, plus some dodgy authentication bypasses. And Eclipse… well, it’s got a heap of vulnerabilities in various plugins, meaning anyone with half a brain can probably compromise your development environment. They found stuff ranging from information disclosure to remote code execution. RCE! In an IDE! What did you expect?

The worst part? These things are all interconnected. WWBN uses MedDream, and both rely on Eclipse plugins. So one hole compromises everything. Fantastic. Just *fantastic*. Talos has released a bunch of Snort rules to try and mitigate this disaster, but honestly, if you’re relying on these systems, you’re already screwed. Update your shit. Now. And maybe consider not using software designed by people who clearly don’t give a damn about security.

Oh, and they found evidence of some Chinese-backed actor (APT41) poking around in this mess. Surprise, surprise. Like clockwork.

Source: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/wwbn-meddream-eclipse-vulnerabilities/

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Look, I once had to clean up a network where someone thought it was a good idea to use “password” as the password for *everything*. Everything! The router, the servers, the coffee machine… It took me three days and an industrial amount of caffeine. This WWBN/MedDream situation feels…familiar. Just less coffee involved, thankfully. Though I might need some now.

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