A vulnerability was found in Gator 3.0.6.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code in the library IEGator.dll of the component Installer. The manipulation of the argument src with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Gator ActiveX component (IEGator.dll) 3.0.6.1 allows remote web sites to install arbitrary software by specifying a Trojan Gator installation file (setup.ex_) in the src parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 06/25/2002 by Obscure (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0317. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8266) and SecurityFocus (BID 4161†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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