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CVE-2005-0243

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/02/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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