Security News > 2021 > July > Millions of Devices Affected by Vulnerability in HP, Samsung, Xerox Printer Drivers
A printer driver shipped to millions of computers since 2005 is affected by a vulnerability that can be exploited for privilege escalation, according to endpoint security company SentinelOne.
The vulnerability was initially discovered earlier this year in a driver shipped with HP printers, but a closer analysis revealed that the impacted component has also been delivered with Samsung and Xerox devices.
HP has listed more than 380 HP and Samsung printer models affected by the flaw - HP acquired Samsung's printer business in 2017.
Xerox has identified a dozen printer models affected by the vulnerability.
HP and Xerox have released patches for the vulnerability, and consumers and enterprises have been advised to install them.
The company said it had not seen any evidence to suggest that the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild, but noted that "With millions of printer models currently vulnerable, it is inevitable that if attackers weaponize this vulnerability they will seek out those that have not taken the appropriate action."