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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-4221 · published 18 August 2006

CVE-2006-4221: Ibm egatherer vulnerability

Ibm · Egatherer

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.9% · top 5.0%
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
8.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21528 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1424
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016705
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060816.html PatchVendor 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 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3305
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28418
http://secunia.com/advisories/21528 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1424
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016705
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060816.html PatchVendor 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 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3305
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28418

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-4221), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.