Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1664. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 (Messaging Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Yahoo! Messenger before February 2002 allows remote attackers to add arbitrary users to another user s buddy list and possibly obtain sensitive information.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2002. The weakness was shared 12/31/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1664 since 05/28/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 313 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10639), Tenable (11432), OSVDB (6869†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14538†). The entries VDB-18305, VDB-18306, VDB-18307 and VDB-18435 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11432
Nessus Name: Yahoo! Messenger Detection
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/21/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +313 days 🔍
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03/21/2003 +80 days 🔍
05/28/2005 +799 days 🔍
03/05/2007 +646 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +2709 days 🔍
10/27/2024 +3737 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: yahoo.com

Advisory: cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19309
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X-Force: 10639
OSVDB: 6869 - CVE-2002-1664 - Yahoo - Messenger - Script Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 14538 - Yahoo! Messenger Allows to add Users to Another User\x27s Buddy List, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 11:44
Updated: 10/27/2024 19:12
Changes: 08/04/2014 11:44 (63), 07/16/2019 10:00 (3), 06/28/2021 09:05 (3), 10/27/2024 19:12 (15)
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