CVE - CVE-2007-5017

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-5017	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:25727 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25727 EXPLOIT-DB:4428 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4428 MISC:http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_KJDPaI2IlM5P9PP6N6dI.html OSVDB:38296 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/38296~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1018715 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018715 XF:yahoo-messenger-ft60-code-execution(36694) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36694
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070920	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070920)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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