CVE-2010-4107
The default configuration of the PJL Access value in the File System External Access settings on HP LaserJet MFP printers, Color LaserJet MFP printers, and LaserJet 4100, 4200, 4300, 5100, 8150, and 9000 printers enables PJL commands that use the device's filesystem, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a command inside a print job, as demonstrated by a directory traversal attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 13.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4083)
- Published
- November 17, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4083 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / 9000
- hp / color laserjet mfp
- hp / laserjet 4100
- hp / laserjet 4200
- hp / laserjet 4300
- hp / laserjet 5100
- hp / laserjet 8150
- hp / laserjet mfp
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Common Component Version: 7.0.1-00 - Hewlett-Packard Company - Common Criteria JISEC-CC-CRP-C0305 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42238(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8328
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024741
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15631
- http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02004333
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/SA-2010%20003-Hewlett-Packard.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44882
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2987(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63261
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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