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JVNDB-2023-014781

Brother iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows vulnerable to improper link resolution before file access

Overview

iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows provided by Brother Industries, Ltd. outputs logs to a certain log file.
The affected version of the product does not check whether the log file is a normal file or a symbolic link to a certain file (CWE-59).

Chris Au reported this vulnerability to Brother Industries, Ltd. and coordinated. Brother Industries, Ltd. and JPCERT/CC published respective advisories in order to notify users of this vulnerability.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 6.5 (Medium) [Other]
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Changed
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High
CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 4.6 (Medium) [Other]
  • Access Vector: Local
  • Access Complexity: Low
  • Authentication: Single Instance
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Complete
Affected Products


Brother Industries
  • Brother iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows version 11.0.0 and earlier

Impact

Symlink attack by a malicious user may cause a Denial-of-service (DoS) condition on the PC.
Solution

[Update the software]
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
The developer addressed the vulnerability in the following version.

* iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows version 11.0.1

For more information, refer to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Information

Brother Industries
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. Link Following(CWE-59) [Other]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2023-51654
References

  1. JVN : JVNVU#97943829
  2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2023-51654
Revision History

  • [2023/12/26]
      Web page was published
  • [2024/03/18]
      References : Content was added