Samsung X10P/X12/X14H/X14J/NT14U/Xpress M288OFW Soft Access Point WPA2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, NT14U and Xpress M288OFW. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Soft Access Point. This manipulation causes information disclosure (WPA2). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2015-5729. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, NT14U and Xpress M288OFW. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Soft Access Point. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (WPA2). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and Xpress M288OFW printers generate weak WPA2 PSK keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2015. The weakness was presented 03/23/2017 by Augusto Pereyra as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5729 since 08/04/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 461 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 79675†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: WPA2
Class: Information disclosure / WPA2
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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08/04/2015 🔍
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03/23/2017 +461 days 🔍
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11/14/2022 +2061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: 134976
Researcher: Augusto Pereyra
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-5729 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5729
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98413
SecurityFocus: 79675 - Samsung SmartTV and Printers CVE-2015-5729 Weak Password Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-5729 - Samsung - Multiple Products - Brute Force Issue
SecurityTracker: 1034503

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2017 07:18
Updated: 11/14/2022 13:03
Changes: 03/24/2017 07:18 (63), 08/20/2020 07:45 (2), 11/14/2022 13:03 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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