Vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger
CVE-2005-0243
Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions before 6.0.0.1921, does not properly display long filenames in file dialog boxes, which could allow remote attackers to trick users into downloading and executing programs via file names containing a large number of spaces and multiple file extensions.
EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Yahoo Messenger — versions 5.5, 5.6, 5.6.0.1351
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)