CVE-2011-4786

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-2011-2404 and CVE-2011-4787.

Published: 2012-01-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-4786 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 63.63%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-4786

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18381 exploit_db edb 2012-01-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4786

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 2025-10-24 64.44% 63.63% -0.81%
2 2025-06-18 68.36% 64.44% -3.92%
3 2025-03-30 — 68.36% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4786

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4786

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2011-4786

Comment: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-013/ "The specific flaw exists within the XMLCacheMgr class ActiveX control (CLSID 6F255F99-6961-48DC-B17E-6E1BCCBC0EE3). The CacheDocumentXMLWithId() method is vulnerable to directory traversal and arbitrary write, which allows an attacker to write malicious content to the filesystem. A remote attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain code execution under the context of the web browser."

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4786

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

References for CVE-2011-4786

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