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CVE-2006-4221
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control before 3.20.0284.0 allows remote attackers to execute…
High9.3EPSS 8.9%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control before 3.20.0284.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename parameter to the RunEgatherer method.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 20060829 [ISR] - IBM eGatherer ActiveX Code Execution PoC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1016705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- egatherer-activex-runegatherer-bo(28418) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060816.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3305 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21528 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#380277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20060816 [EEYEB-20060703] IBM eGatherer ActiveX Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19554 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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