Hardware
hardware:network_printer
Also: printer
Network-connected printer whose exposed printing ports allowed remote printing and potentially broader compromise.
Network-connected printer whose exposed printing ports allowed remote printing and potentially broader compromise.
“The thing that caught my attention was a network printer.”
“Why in the world are 800,000 printers [00:15:00] directly on the internet”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | AFFECTS | Printer Exploitation Toolkit | Explicit | 31 |
| incoming | AFFECTS | internet-exposed printer | Explicit | 31 |
| incoming | COMPROMISES | printer exploitation incident | Explicit | 31 |
| incoming | AFFECTS | Universal Plug and Play | Explicit | 31 |
Printer Exploitation Toolkit AFFECTS network printer
PRET can connect to network printers and perform actions including printing, listing files, and resetting the printer.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details
“this tool can connect and you can do all kinds of things like list the files, reset the printer”
internet-exposed printer AFFECTS network printer
Internet-exposed printers can receive print commands from anywhere; port 9100 had no authentication or encryption in the described setup.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 31 Details
“There’s no authentication or encryption; you simply send your PDF file to the port with the command to print”
printer exploitation incident COMPROMISES network printer
The incident remotely caused exposed network printers to print messages and, in some cases, display a hacked name.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 31 Details
“It successfully printed to 100 printers and then 1000 printers and then 10,000 printers.”
Universal Plug and Play AFFECTS network printer
UPnP can cause routers to open printer ports to the public internet, exposing network printers.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 31 Details
“networked devices like printers can reach out to the router and request that port 9100 be opened”