5.0med
CVE-2007-50171 exploit
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the CYFT object in ft60.dll in Yahoo!
Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.5%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.55% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-4428 Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.421 - CYFT Object Arbitrary File Download · remote · 2007-09-19
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
References
- shinnai.altervista.org /exploits/txt/TXT_KJDPaI2IlM5P9PP6N6dI.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/4428 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/36694 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- osvdb.org /38296 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/25727 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id?1018715 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2007-5017
- NVD: CVE-2007-5017
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