CVE-2004-2663 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The (1) SetDebugging and (2) RunEgatherer methods in IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control 2.0.0.16 allow remote attackers to create files with arbitrary content, as demonstrated by creating a .hta file in a Startup folder.

Published: 2006-08-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:egatherer:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2653	The (1) SetDebugging and (2) RunEgatherer methods in IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control 2.0.0.16 allow remote attackers to create files with arbitrary content, as demonstrated by creating a .hta file in a Startup folder.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01685.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108746693619324&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108741557604568&w=2
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20040615B.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11072
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20040615B.html
http://www.osvdb.org/7090
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10562
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16428

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Egatherer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-18T19:55:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:24.872Z

Reserved: 2006-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2663

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2663

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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