CVE-2006-5501 (GCVE-0-2006-5501)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-25 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:55
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the AOL.PicDownloadCtrl.1 ActiveX control (YGPPicDownload.dll) 9.2.3.0 in America Online (AOL) 9.0 Security Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the downloadFileDirectory property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5502.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20745 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4197 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017121 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/22567 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-10-25 00:00
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