CVE-2011-2404

Exp

A certain ActiveX control in HPTicketMgr.dll in HP Easy Printer Care Software 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4786 and CVE-2011-4787.

Published: 2011-08-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-2404 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 73.84%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-2404

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
17697 exploit_db edb 2011-08-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2404

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 80.08% 73.84% -6.24%
2 2026-04-20 80.49% 80.08% -0.41%
3 2026-01-04 80.49%

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2404

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2404

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2404

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp easy_printer_care_software <= 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:hp:easy_printer_care_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2404

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