Toshiba Tec e-Studio Multi-Function Peripheral hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability was found in Toshiba Tec e-Studio Multi-Function Peripheral. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-27160. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Toshiba Tec e-Studio Multi-Function Peripheral (version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

All the Toshiba printers contain a shell script using the same hardcoded key to encrypt logs. An attacker can decrypt the encrypted files using the hardcoded key. This vulnerability can be executed in combination with other vulnerabilities and difficult to execute alone. So, the CVSS score for this vulnerability alone is lower than the score listed in the "Base Score" of this vulnerability. For detail on related other vulnerabilities, please ask to the below contact point. https://www.toshibatec.com/contacts/products/ As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL.

The weakness was disclosed by Pierre Barre. The advisory is shared at toshibatec.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-27160 since 02/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/15/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Toshiba Tec

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• e-Studio Multi-Function Peripheral

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