CVE-2005-0242

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

The Audio Setup Wizard (asw.dll) in Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to arbitrary code by placing a malicious ping.exe program into the Messenger program directory, which is installed with weak default permissions.

The Audio Setup Wizard (asw.dll) in Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to arbitrary code by placing a malicious ping.exe program into the Messenger program directory, which is installed with weak default permissions.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Yahoo

First reported 20 years ago

2005-02-18 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:45:00

Affected Software

Yahoo!メッセンジャー 5.5

5.5

Yahoo!メッセンジャー 5.6

5.6

Yahoo!メッセンジャー 5.6.0.1351

5.6.0.1351

Yahoo!メッセンジャー 6.0

6.0

Yahoo Messenger 6.0.0.1750

6.0.0.1750

References

http://messenger.yahoo.com/security/update6.html

11815

Patch

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-6/advisory/

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