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Samsung Printer SNMP Hardcoded Community String Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

SNMP

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host has Samsung Printer firmware and is prone to authentication bypass vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Samsung printers (as well as some Dell printers manufactured by Samsung) contain a hardcoded SNMP full read-write community string that remains active even when SNMP is disabled in the printer management utility.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Samsung Printers firmware version prior to 20121031 NOTE: Samsung has stated that models released after October 31, 2012 are not affected by this vulnerability. Samsung has also indicated that they will be releasing a patch tool later this year to address vulnerable devices.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade Samsung Printer to 20121031 or later.

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