fkie_cve-2005-0242
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2005-02-18 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yahoo messenger 5.5
yahoo messenger 5.6
yahoo messenger 5.6.0.1351
yahoo messenger 6.0
yahoo messenger 6.0.0.1750



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  "id": "CVE-2005-0242",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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