CVE-2023-41270 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Samsu

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Samsung Smart TV UE40D7000 version T-GAPDEUC-1033.2 and before allows attackers to cause a denial of service via WPS attack tools.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Samsung Smart TV UE40D7000 version T-GAPDEUC-1033.2 and before allows attackers to cause a denial of service via WPS attack tools.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Samsung TV	UE40D7000	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-08T06:32:40.430Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-29T20:13:41.762Z

09References

• www.slideshare.net — https://www.slideshare.net/fuguet/smold-tv-old-smart
• www.youtube.com — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdIT4mPTX3s