CVE-2007-5017

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5017
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-20 21:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the CYFT object in ft60.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.421 allows remote attackers to force a download, and create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the GetFile method.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Yahoo Messenger 8.1.0.421 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/38296 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Yahoo! Messenger CYFT FT60.DLL ActiveX Control GetFile Method Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Yahoo Messenger GetFile() Method Lets Remote Users Download Arbitrary Files to the Target User's System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.421 CYFT Object Arbitrary File Download af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
shinnai.altervista.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.shinnai.altervista.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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