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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2019-13166

High
7.5/10

Summary

Some Xerox printers (such as the Phaser 3320 V53.006.16.000) did not implement account lockout. Local account credentials may be extracted from the device via brute force guessing attacks.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

The software does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within in a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published