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A vulnerability was found in Brother HL5470. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Authentication Handler. This manipulation causes improper authentication. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Brother HL5470 (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Authentication Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was presented 02/10/2013 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release happened without involvement of Brother. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 databases at OSVDB (90084†) and Secunia (SA51918†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Brother

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• HL5470

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