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CVE-2010-3920

The Seiko Epson printer driver installers for LP-S9000 before 4.1.11 and LP-S7100 before 4.1.7, or as downloaded from the vendor between May 2010 and 20101125, set weak permissions for the "C:\Program Files" folder, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions and create or modify arbitrary files and directories.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-3920 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 6 products from epson, from epson, from epson and 3 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-12-08T20:00:01.713

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Hardware	epson	lp-s7100	*	No
Application	epson	lp-s7100_driver_4.1.0	*	Yes
Application	epson	lp-s7100_driver_4.1.7	*	Yes
Hardware	epson	lp-s9000	*	No
Application	epson	lp-s9000_driver_4.1.0	*	Yes
Application	epson	lp-s9000_driver_4.1.11	*	Yes

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62736872/index.html ([email protected])
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000059.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/69678 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42540 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.epson.jp/support/misc/lps7100_9000/index.htm Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62736872/index.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000059.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/69678 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42540 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.epson.jp/support/misc/lps7100_9000/index.htm Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For epson's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.