# CVE-2011-2404: A certain ActiveX control in HPTicketMgr.dll in HP Easy Printer Care Software 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to download an arbitra

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2011-08-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8332
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131291471508119&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8348
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17697
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/hp_easy_printer_care_xmlsimpleaccessor.rb

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