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CVE-2005-0242

CVE information

Published

19 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.6/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0.0.1750:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6.0.1351:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -