Missing input validation and missing authentication allow attackers with the ability to connect to TCP/IP ports on localhost:26822 (e.g. any low-privileged user space process) to download and/or launch arbitraty executables with elevated privileges.
My parents bought a camper / mobile home which has a TV running on its internal 12V supply. For rainy days, they wanted to add a Blu-ray player to watch movies, but unfortunately the 230V supply is only available when the camper is connected to a power supply and not when running in self-sustaining mode …
Yesterday, the status monitor software of my Brother HL-2250DN informed me about a new firmware update. I decided to install the update, but at 90%, the update process interrupted. The update tool complained that it cannot connect to the printer anymore.
Welcome to my new blog! I’m going to use this blog as a collection of notes I consider interesting. The first blog post after this one has been migrated from my old, non-maintained blog hosted on Blogger.com.