CVE-2006-4221
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 8.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control before 3.20.0284.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename parameter to the RunEgatherer method.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 8.9% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4211)
- Published
- August 18, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4211 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / egatherer
- ibm / egatherer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21528(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1424
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016705
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060816.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/380277(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443471/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444899/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19554(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3305
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28418
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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