Printer Hacking

Learn about (and get hands on with) printer hacking and understand the basics of IPP.

Unit 2

Task #1

What port does IPP run on?

Google is your friend.

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Unit 3

Task #1

How would a simple printer TCP DoS attack look as a one-line command?

Look around, the answer is hiding in plain sight. http://hacking-printers.net/wiki/index.php/Printer_Security_Testing_Cheat_Sheet

while true; do nc printer 9100; ????

Task 2

Review the cheat sheet provided in the task reading above. What attack are printers often vulnerable to which involves sending more and more information until a pre-allocated buffer size is surpassed?

The question itself gives away the answer with the keyword buffer and we can work out from there and the cheatsheet also has a example for such a vulnerability.

Buffer ????????

Task 3

Connect to the printer per the instructions above. Where's the Fox_Printer located?

Browse the site at port 631 and find the location of the printer from the printers tab in the site.

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Task 4

What is the size of a test sheet?

Navigate to the Fox_printer page and try to run a print test,look out for the size at the jobs where all the requests are available.

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