CVE-2005-0242

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 v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://messenger.yahoo.com/security/update6.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11815	Patch
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-6/advisory/	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6.0.1351:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0.0.1750:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-02-18 05:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 20:45

NVD link : CVE-2005-0242

Mitre link : CVE-2005-0242

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-0242

JSON object : View

Products Affected

yahoo

messenger

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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