FKIE_CVE-2005-0242

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-02-18 05:00 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://messenger.yahoo.com/security/update6.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11815Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-6/advisory/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://messenger.yahoo.com/security/update6.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11815Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-6/advisory/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yahoo messenger 5.5
yahoo messenger 5.6
yahoo messenger 5.6.0.1351
yahoo messenger 6.0
yahoo messenger 6.0.0.1750
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