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Canon Wireless Printer Denial Of Service

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Disclosed
Jun 18, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

The HTTP management interface on several models of Canon Wireless printers
allows for a Denial of Service (DoS) condition via a crafted HTTP request. Note:
if this module is successful, the device can only be recovered with a physical
power cycle.

Author

Matt "hostess" Andreko [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/dos/http/canon_wireless_printer
    msf auxiliary(canon_wireless_printer) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(canon_wireless_printer) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(canon_wireless_printer) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(canon_wireless_printer) > run
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