HP Prtinter Bug - any implications for Linux?
by business_kid from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5MFEA)
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/...ndows-machines
Hi. As I read it, it's an 16 year old Windows bug that allows privilege escalation, and basically a hacker can do weird and wonderful things to your windows box if you have a HP printer driver installed. Being an 16 year old bug, it would apply from XP onwards!
Now we can all have a laugh at the expense of windows users, but a lot of us also use linux drivers for HP Printers, and I don't even know if the linux driver has been checked. I'm using a HP printer here. Is anyone wiser than me on this?
Hi. As I read it, it's an 16 year old Windows bug that allows privilege escalation, and basically a hacker can do weird and wonderful things to your windows box if you have a HP printer driver installed. Being an 16 year old bug, it would apply from XP onwards!
Now we can all have a laugh at the expense of windows users, but a lot of us also use linux drivers for HP Printers, and I don't even know if the linux driver has been checked. I'm using a HP printer here. Is anyone wiser than me on this?