Paper/Archive/CVE-2024-51978

CVE-2024-51978

Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-J928N-W/B — Authentication bypass via default password generation affecting multiple models from Brother Industries, Ltd, Toshiba Tec, and Konica Minolta, Inc.

Description · from the CVE record

An unauthenticated attacker who knows the target device's serial number, can generate the default administrator password for the device. An unauthenticated attacker can first discover the target device's serial number via CVE-2024-51977 over HTTP/HTTPS/IPP, or via a PJL request, or via an SNMP request.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
DCP-J928N-W/B1.0 – 1.03(B)–CNA
MFC-J1800DW (Europe)1.0 – 1.13(H)–CNA
MFC-J1800DW (USA)1.0 – 1.02(B)–CNA
MFC-J4340DWE1.0 – 1.38(M)–CNA
MFC-J4345DWXL1.0 – 1.38(M)–CNA
MFC-J5855DWXL1.0 – 1.25(J)–CNA
MFC-J6555DWXL1.0 – 1.19(H)–CNA
DCP-B7520DW (China)A – V–CNA
DCP-B7535DW (China)A – V–CNA
DCP-B7640DW (Asia)1.0 – 1.16(F)–CNA
DCP-L2535DW (China)A – M–CNA
DCP-L2540DW (Japan)A – T–CNA

Scores by source

rapid7 (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

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