Check Point Advisories

HP Easy Printer Care ActiveX Control Directory Traversal (CVE-2011-4786)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-186
Date Published: 14 May 2012
Severity: High
Last Updated: Friday 19 April, 2024
Source: CVE-2011-4786
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? HP Easy Printer Care 2.5 and earlier
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability has been reported in HP Easy Printer Care.
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to a lack of sanitization in the HPESPRIT.XMLCacheMgr.1 ActiveX control. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to visit a specially crafted web-page. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the target user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX control.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Easy Printer Care ActiveX Control Directory Traversal protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: HP Easy Printer Care ActiveX Control Directory Traversal

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