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Millions of Brother Printers Hit by Critical, Unpatchable Bug (www.darkreading.com)

submitted 1 day ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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A slew of vulnerabilities, including a critical CVSS 9.8 that enables an attacker to generate the default admin password, affect hundreds of printer, scanner, and label-maker models made by manufacturer Brother.

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Basically, if you changed the admin password from the default, you are safe. This exploit relies on the default admin password still being in place.