EIP-2026-116635

PRE-CVE

Yahoo! Messenger 8.0.0.863 - File Extension Spoofing

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116635. PoCs published by ivancool2003.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a technical writeup describing a file extension spoofing vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 8.0.0.863. The issue allows remote attackers to disguise malicious executables by appending multiple '~@' sequences to filenames, potentially tricking users into executing harmful files.

Description

Yahoo! Messenger 8.0.0.863 - File Extension Spoofing

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by ivancool2003 · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28341

This is a technical writeup describing a file extension spoofing vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 8.0.0.863. The issue allows remote attackers to disguise malicious executables by appending multiple '~@' sequences to filenames, potentially tricking users into executing harmful files.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Yahoo! Messenger 8.0.0.863
No auth needed
Prerequisites: User interaction to download and execute the spoofed file
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026