Password disclosure via pre-login memory decryption
Published Nov 26, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Recoverable password storage in Sharp and Toshiba Tec MFPs allows remote attackers to read user passwords from a core dump. The firmware decrypts stored passwords into the main process memory before any user logs in, so a resulting core dump retains cleartext credentials. Remote retrieval requires network access and a separate flaw that exposes the dump; this weakness does not itself alter data or interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Recoverable password storage in Sharp and Toshiba Tec MFPs allows remote attackers to read user passwords from a core dump. The firmware decrypts stored passwords into the main process memory before any user logs in, so a resulting core dump retains cleartext credentials. Remote retrieval requires network access and a separate flaw that exposes the dump; this weakness does not itself alter data or interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-32151
- Published
- Nov 26, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-257, T1003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 26, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Public exploit references
- Sharp MFP core-dump credential extraction demonstrationfunctional · demonstrated
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