CVE-2011-4786 describes a critical vulnerability in the HPTicketMgr.dll ActiveX control within HP Easy Printer Care Software versions 2.5 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to download and execute arbitrary programs on a client machine, posing a significant risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of broader community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:easy_printer_care_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.