VDB-89228 · Nessus 11993 · SBV-3460

Yahoo Messenger information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yahoo Messenger. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. There is no available exploit. Configuration settings should be changed.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Yahoo Messenger (Messaging Software) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was presented 01/01/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11993 (Yahoo Messenger Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Service detection and running in the context r.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (11993) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3460†). See VDB-470 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11993
Nessus Name: Yahoo Messenger Detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/2004 🔍
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01/14/2004 +13 days 🔍
01/19/2004 +5 days 🔍
07/14/2016 +4560 days 🔍
09/02/2022 +2241 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89228
Vulnerability Center: 3460 - Yahoo Messenger Instance is Running, Info

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/14/2016 14:39
Updated: 09/02/2022 16:51
Changes: 07/14/2016 14:39 (35), 02/25/2019 13:05 (13), 09/02/2022 16:51 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:71D:103

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