A flaw in the Kyocera Android printing app can be abused to drop malware

Security experts warn that a Kyocera Android printing app is vulnerable to improper intent handling and can be abused to drop malware.

An improper intent handling issue affecting the Kyocera Android printing app can allow malicious applications to drop malware. Such kinds of flaws expose a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-25954, was reported by the Japanese Vulnerability Notes (JVN).

“Multiple mobile printing apps for Android are vulnerable to improper intent handling (CWE-668).” reads the advisory published by the JVN. “When a malicious app is installed on the victim user’s Android device, the app may send an intent and direct the affected app to download malicious files or apps to the device without notification.”

The vulnerability impacts multiple apps that share the same code:

KYOCERA Mobile Print v3.2.0.230119 and earlier (+1M downloads on Google Play)
UTAX/TA Mobile Print v3.2.0.230119 and earlier (+100k downloads on Google Play)
Olivetti Mobile Print v3.2.0.230119 and earlier (+10k downloads on Google Play)

KYOCERA addressed the vulnerability with the release of version 3.2.0.230227.

According to the company, its Mobile Print’s application class allows data transmission from malicious third-party mobile apps, which could allow downloading of malicious payloads.

“A security vulnerability has been identified in KYOCERA Mobile Print for Android provided by KYOCERA Document Solutions.” reads the advisory published by the vendor. “KYOCERA Mobile Print’s application class allows data transmission from malicious third-party mobile applications, which could result in malicious files being downloaded. And, by using the KYOCERA Mobile Print web browser functionality, malicious sites can be accessed and malicious files can be downloaded and executed, which can lead to the acquisition of internal information on mobile devices.”

In the evaluation of the severity of the issue, it is important to consider that the attack scenario involves a second malicious app on a target device running the KYOCERA app.

As reported by BleepingComputer, the upcoming Android 14 version will make the exploitation of such kind of issues more difficult.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.