A 16-year-old security vulnerability found in an HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers driver allows attackers to gain admin rights on systems using the vulnerable driver software. "This high severity ...

HP has warned that it has discovered a new high severity privilege escalation vulnerability inside its own Support Assistant software utility. The company has also issued a fix for the security flaw.

The HP Deskjet printer comes with a suite of software and utilities, including an online user guide, updater tool and drivers. If the drivers are not installed on your computer, the Deskjet printer ...