Brother Industries/Toshiba Tec Printer HTTP/HTTPS/IPP weak credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Brother Industries/Toshiba Tec Printer and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP/HTTPS/IPP. The manipulation leads to weak credentials. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-51978. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Brother Industries/Toshiba Tec Printer (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component HTTP/HTTPS/IPP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1391. The product uses weak credentials (such as a default key or hard-coded password) that can be calculated, derived, reused, or guessed by an attacker. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at support.brother.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-51978 since 11/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/25/2025).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-54698). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Temp Score: 8.1
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak credentials
CWE: CWE-1391
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/04/2024 🔍
06/25/2025 +232 days 🔍
06/25/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/25/2025 +30 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.brother.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-51978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-51978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-313841
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2025 11:29
Updated: 07/25/2025 21:02
Changes: 06/25/2025 11:29 (61), 06/25/2025 16:15 (1), 07/25/2025 21:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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