CVE-2024-12511
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedWith address book access, SMB/FTP settings could be modified, redirecting scans and possibly capturing credentials. This requires enabled scan functions and printer access.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAn authenticated attacker with address book access can modify SMB/FTP settings on the printer, allowing them to redirect scan jobs to attacker-controlled servers and potentially capture credentials in transit.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify printer address book functionalityLocate network printers on the network and check if they expose an address book or contacts management interface accessible via web UI, SNMP, or embedded APIsAffected if The printer provides an address book or contact storage feature accessible to authenticated users
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Verify SMB/FTP scan feature statusAccess the printer's configuration panel or web interface and navigate to scan job settings or workflow settings. Check if SMB or FTP scan destinations can be configured or are currently enabledAffected if SMB or FTP scan-to-server functionality is enabled and configurable through the address book or scan workflow
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Inspect configured SMB/FTP server destinationsThrough the printer admin interface, examine the stored scan destination profiles. Look for SMB or FTP server entries in the address book or scan profile settings. Verify the server IP addresses/hostnames are expected and legitimateAffected if Scan job destinations point to unexpected, unknown, or external IP addresses or hostnames that do not match your organization's infrastructure
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Review printer audit and access logsCheck printer system logs, security logs, or audit trails for events related to address book modifications or SMB/FTP configuration changes. Look for changes made by users who should not have modification privilegesAffected if Logs show unauthorized or unexpected modifications to SMB/FTP settings or address book entries by users without administrative authority
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Confirm authentication requirements for configuration changesDetermine whether the address book and scan settings can be modified by any authenticated user or only by users with elevated/administrator privileges. Test with a standard user account if possibleAffected if Standard authenticated users (non-administrators) can modify SMB/FTP scan destination settings through the address book interface
A user is affected if they have a network printer with address book functionality that allows authenticated users to configure or modify SMB/FTP scan destinations to external servers.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict access to the address book and printer management interfaces, disable unused scan functions, and monitor for unauthorized configuration changes.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-12511 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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