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CVE-2005-0243

CVE information

Published

19 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
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
- -