Millions of printers open to hacks due to unpatchable security flaw2025-06-27 16:50 by DanielaTags: printer, Brother, Fujifilm, Toshiba
A total of 689 printer models from Brother, along with 53 other models from Fujifilm, Toshiba, and Konica Minolta, come with a default administrator password that remote attackers can generate. Even worse, there is no way to fix the flaw via firmware in existing printers. The flaw, tracked under CVE-2024-51978, is part of a set of eight vulnerabilities discovered by Rapid7 researchers during a lengthy examination of Brother hardware. This crucial vulnerability can be chained with other vulnerabilities discovered by Rapid7 to determine the admin password, take control of devices, perform remote code execution, crash them, or pivot within the networks they're connected to. Not all of the flaws affect every one of the 689 Brother printer models, but other manufacturers, including Fujifilm (46 models), Konica Minolta (6), Ricoh (5), and Toshiba (2), are impacted as well. Read more -here-
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