What is CVE-2017-7588?

CVE-2017-7588 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Brother Ads-1000w, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-7588?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Brother Ads-1000w

CVE-2017-7588

On certain Brother devices, authorization is mishandled by including a valid AuthCookie cookie in the HTTP response to a failed login attempt. Affected models are: MFC-J6973CDW MFC-J4420DW MFC-8710DW MFC-J4620DW MFC-L8850CDW MFC-J3720 MFC-J6520DW MFC-L2740DW MFC-J5910DW MFC-J6920DW MFC-L2700DW MFC-9130CW MFC-9330CDW MFC-9340CDW MFC-J5620DW MFC-J6720DW MFC-L8600CDW MFC-L9550CDW MFC-L2720DW DCP-L2540DW DCP-L2520DW HL-3140CW HL-3170CDW HL-3180CDW HL-L8350CDW HL-L2380DW ADS-2500W ADS-1000W ADS-1500W.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.336 (98.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7588?: CVE-2017-7588 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Brother Ads-1000w, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-7588?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.