Yahoo! Messenger 4.0 Password missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Yahoo! Messenger 4.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Password Handler. This manipulation causes missing encryption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-0322. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Yahoo! Messenger 4.0 (Messaging Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Yahoo! Messenger 4.0 sends user passwords in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges of other users via sniffing.

The weakness was disclosed 06/25/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0322. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11432 (Yahoo! Messenger Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5943), Tenable (11432), SecurityFocus (BID 4173†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2738†). The entries VDB-18305, VDB-18306, VDB-18435 and VDB-18436 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11432
Nessus Name: Yahoo! Messenger Detection
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OpenVAS ID: 11432
OpenVAS Name: Yahoo!Messenger is installed
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Timelineinfo

02/22/2002 🔍
06/25/2002 +123 days 🔍
06/25/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/25/2002 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2003 +269 days 🔍
10/30/2003 +223 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3907 days 🔍
06/27/2021 +2543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: yahoo.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0322 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0322
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18307
X-Force: 5943
SecurityFocus: 4173 - Yahoo! Instant Messenger Plain Text Password Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2738 - Yahoo! Messenger 4.0 Allows Privilege Elevation, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:14
Updated: 06/27/2021 11:41
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:14 (64), 05/16/2019 14:29 (4), 06/27/2021 11:41 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:940:103

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