Vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Yahoo Messenger — versions 5.5, 5.6, 5.6.0.1351
References
- secunia.com/advisories/11815 (Patch, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-6/advisory/ (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- messenger.yahoo.com/security/update6.html