CVE-2015-5729
The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and...
The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and Xpress M288OFW printers generate weak WPA2 PSK keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and Xpress M288OFW printers generate weak WPA2 PSK keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
- Record
CVE-2015-5729- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and Xpress M288OFW printers generate weak WPA2 PSK keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
- Record
CVE-2015-5729- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5675 No score
The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and Xpress M288OFW printers generate weak WPA2 PSK keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
- Record
EUVD-2015-5675- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q9vm-xr73-4r75
The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and...
The Soft Access Point (AP) feature in Samsung Smart TVs X10P, X12, X14H, X14J, and NT14U and Xpress M288OFW printers generate weak WPA2 PSK keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.
- Record
GHSA-q9vm-xr73-4r75- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-5729 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Samsung M288ofw Firmware, published March 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.97%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/134976/Samsung-SoftAP-Weak-Password.html
securitytracker.com/id/1034503
securityfocus.com/bid/79675
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/79
kaoticoneutral.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/samsung-smarttv-and-printers-weak.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5729
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9vm-xr73-4r75