CVE-2005-0242

Medium

Description

The Audio Setup Wizard (asw.dll) in Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to arbitrary code by placing a malicious ping.exe program into the Messenger program directory, which is installed with weak default permissions.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductYahoo Messenger
PublishedFeb 18, 2005
First seenFeb 18, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
yahoo messenger5.5, 5.6, 5.6.0.1351, 6.0, 6.0.0.1750—

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