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CVE-2007-4515in critical feed3 exploits

Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in YVerInfo.dll before 2007.8.27.1 in the Yahoo!

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
33.0%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
3
Metasploit · Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in YVerInfo.dll before 2007.8.27.1 in the Yahoo! services suite for Yahoo! Messenger before 8.1.0.419 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving arguments to the (1) fvCom and (2) info methods. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

33.01% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/yahoomessenger_fvcom Yahoo! Messenger YVerInfo.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow · metasploit exploit, normal rank · 2007-08-30
  • EDB-4351 Yahoo! Messenger - 'YVerInfo.dll 2007.8.27.1' ActiveX Buffer Overflow · remote · 2007-09-01
  • EDB-16522 Yahoo! Messenger - 'YVerInfo.dll' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) · remote · 2010-05-09

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • osvdb.org /37739 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/26579 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/36363 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • messenger.yahoo.com /security_update.php?id=082907 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • labs.idefense.com /intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=591 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_IDEFENSE, x_transferred
  • securityreason.com /securityalert/3083 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1018628 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/25494 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/3011 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred

Sources

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