CVE-2007-5017

Yahoo Messenger - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

Description

Absolute 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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by shinnai · htmlremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4428

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References (6)

[Exploit] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25727

[Various Sources] http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_KJDPaI2IlM5P9PP6N6dI.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4428

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36694

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/38296

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018715

Scores

EPSS 0.0673

EPSS Percentile 91.1%

Classification

CWE

CWE-22

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

yahoo/messenger

Timeline

Published Sep 20, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026