CVE-2019-20457

Published Nov 7, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered on Brother MFC-J491DW C1806180757 devices. The printer's web-interface password hash can be retrieved without authentication, because the response header of any failed login attempt returns an incomplete authorization cookie. The value of the authorization cookie is the MD5 hash of the password in hexadecimal. An attacker can easily derive the true MD5 hash from this, and use offline cracking attacks to obtain administrative access to the device.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00106}

epss

{'score': 0.00118}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Brother
Brother mfc-j491dw
Weaknesses CWE-276
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:brother:mfc-j491dw:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Brother
Brother mfc-j491dw
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered on Brother MFC-J491DW C1806180757 devices. The printer's web-interface password hash can be retrieved without authentication, because the response header of any failed login attempt returns an incomplete authorization cookie. The value of the authorization cookie is the MD5 hash of the password in hexadecimal. An attacker can easily derive the true MD5 hash from this, and use offline cracking attacks to obtain administrative access to the device.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 4, 2025, 5:11 PM
Reserved
Feb 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 7, 2024, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:30 AM