Samsung / Dell Printer SNMP Backdoor

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6639

Synopsis

The remote host has a backdoor administrator account

Description

The remote host appears to be a Samsung printer, or a Dell printer manufactured by Samsung. It has a hardcoded SNMP read-write community string that allows access even when SNMP has been disabled in the printer management utility. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to take control of the printer.

Solution

Apply an optional firmware update. Contact the device's vendor for more information. In addition one can, disable SNMPv1/v2 on the printer and instead use the secure SNMPv3 mode

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 6639

Family: IoT

Published: 12/4/2012

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 63136

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:samsung:printer_firmware

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4964

BID: 56692

Detections

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