Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard versions before 2.2 stored credentials in plaintext. If someone obtains access to those stored credentials, they could use them to reach sensitive information. The public source bundle does not provide CVSS scoring or evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a credential exposure risk in a healthcare operational environment. Prioritize asset confirmation, vendor-guided remediation, and credential rotation, but do not assume active exploitation from the supplied evidence.
Technical view
CVE-2021-27487 is a CWE-312 plaintext credential storage issue affecting ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard before version 2.2. The described impact is unauthorized access to sensitive information through exposed credentials. The available sources do not include technical exploit details, attack prerequisites, or a CVSS vector.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard versions earlier than 2.2, especially where systems or backups containing stored credentials are accessible to unauthorized users.
Exploitation context
CISA KEV status is false in the source bundle, and no cited source reports active exploitation. The bundle does not establish whether exploitation requires local access, authenticated access, filesystem access, or another prerequisite.
Researcher notes
The source bundle identifies CWE-312 and affected versions before 2.2, but omits CVSS, exploit prerequisites, and detailed remediation text. Avoid claims about remote exploitability, exploit availability, or product variants beyond the named dashboard.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard deployments and identify versions before 2.2.
- Check ZOLL and CISA guidance before applying updates or compensating controls.
- Prioritize migration away from affected versions where operationally feasible.
- Rotate credentials that may have been stored by affected installations.
- Restrict dashboard and host access to authorized administrative users only.
Validation and detection
- Confirm each deployment's ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard version.
- Review configuration and storage locations for plaintext credential exposure.
- Check access logs for unexpected dashboard or host access.
- Verify credential rotation was completed for exposed accounts.
- Document any systems that cannot yet move beyond affected versions.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-21-161-01CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.