[FD] Hacking Printers Advisory 6/6: Multiple vendors physical NVRAM damage via PJL commands

TL;DR: In the scope of academic research on printer security, various vulnerabilities in network printers and MFPs have been discovered. This is advisory 6 of 6 of the `Hacking Printers' series. Each advisory discusses multiple issues of the same category. This post is about putting printers out of their misery and destorying the NVRAM through ordinary print jobs. The attack can be performed by anyone who can print, for example through USB or network. Given enough time, it can even be carried out by a malicious website, using cross-site printing techniques (see http://ift.tt/2jKBog0). =====================[ Physical NVRAM Damage ]========================

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