PT-2004-3553 · Ibm · Ibm Access Support Egatherer Activex Control

Drew Copley · Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2004-2663

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control version 2.0.0.16

Description The issue allows remote attackers to create files with arbitrary content. This is demonstrated by creating a .hta file in a Startup folder, utilizing the SetDebugging and RunEgatherer methods in the IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control.

Recommendations For version 2.0.0.16, consider disabling the SetDebugging and RunEgatherer methods as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the ActiveX control to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2663

Affected Products

Ibm Access Support Egatherer Activex Control

References · 9

• 🔥 http://eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20040615B.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2663 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108741557604568&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10562 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108746693619324&w=2 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11072 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7090 · Note
• http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20040615B.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16428 · Note