CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2024-2209 — Hp 26K70B Firmware security vulnerability
A user with administrative privileges can create a compromised dll file of the same name as the original dll within the HP printer’s Firmware Update Utility (FUU) bundle and place it in the Microsoft Windows default downloads directory which can lead to potential arbitrary code execution.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.3 (3.1)
- Published
- 2024-03-27
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Affected products
- hp / 26k70b_firmware
- hp / 297x1a_firmware
- hp / 2a9q5a_firmware
- hp / 26k72a_firmware
- hp / 26k69a_firmware
- hp / 26k70a_firmware
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Matched remediation archetype
Command, code, expression, and template injection
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Check exposure
- Trace untrusted values to process execution, interpreters, evaluators, template engines, dynamic imports, and administrative scripting features.
- Determine whether the affected path is reachable across each trust boundary and which service account or host privilege it inherits.
- Review configuration for optional execution features, unsafe compatibility modes, and shell invocation.
Remediate safely
- Replace string-built commands or evaluated code with fixed operations and structured argument APIs that do not invoke a shell.
- Use strict allowlists for operation identifiers and reject unexpected input before it reaches any interpreter.
- Update the affected component and add inert regression tests covering metacharacters, encoding variants, and alternate request paths.
Authoritative sources
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