Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0564

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
critical
nessus
NVD
Published: 1999-01-01
Updated: 2022-08-17

Summary

An attacker can force a printer to print arbitrary documents (e.g. if the printer doesn't require a password) or to become disabled.

Nessus

NASL familySMTP problems
NASL idCANON_PRINT_BY_SMTP.NASL
descriptionThe remote host seems to be a Canon ImageRUNNER printer, which runs a SMTP service. It is possible to send an email to the SMTP service and have it printed out. An attacker may use this flaw to send an endless stream of emails to the remote device and cause a denial of service by using all of the print paper.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id14819
published2004-09-24
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14819
titleCanon ImageRUNNER SMTP Arbitrary Content Printing

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