CVE-2005-1671

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The Logfile feature in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 can be activated by a YMSGR: URL and writes all output to a single ypager.log file, even when there are multiple users, and does not properly warn later users that the feature has been enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users.

The Logfile feature in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 can be activated by a YMSGR: URL and writes all output to a single ypager.log file, even when there are multiple users, and does not properly warn later users that the feature has been enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Yahoo

First reported 19 years ago

2005-05-19 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 03:21:00

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

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