CVE-2007-4034

Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets <2007.7.13.3 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-4034. PoCs published by lhoang8500.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a heap spray vulnerability in a specific ActiveX control (CLSID:7EC7B6C5-25BD-4586-A641-D2ACBB6629DD) to achieve remote code execution. It uses a combination of heap spraying and a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary shellcode.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by lhoang8500 · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4250

This exploit targets a heap spray vulnerability in a specific ActiveX control (CLSID:7EC7B6C5-25BD-4586-A641-D2ACBB6629DD) to achieve remote code execution. It uses a combination of heap spraying and a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary shellcode.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ActiveX control with CLSID:7EC7B6C5-25BD-4586-A641-D2ACBB6629DD
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage hosting this exploit · Target system must have the vulnerable ActiveX control installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018470
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26011
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25086
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/37705
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120760

Scores

EPSS 0.1296
EPSS Percentile 95.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
yahoo/widgets < 4.0.5
Published Jul 27, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026