Code execution

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Any computer system may be prone to malicious code execution. Printers are no exception. While there are numerous potential attack vectors, two standard ways of importing foreign code are present in most of today's printers and MFPs by design: the ability to perform firmware updates and to install additional software packages. Furthermote, a short introduction to the danger of buffer overflows in embedded devices is given.

Currently, the following techniques to achieve code execution are discussed in this wiki: