CVE-2007-5017 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.5% (pctl 85)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the CYFT object in ft60.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.421 allows remote attackers to force a download, and create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the GetFile method.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.55% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-09-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| yahoo | messenger |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.421 - CYFT Object Arbitrary File Download | 2007-09-19 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/38296
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25727
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018715
- http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_KJDPaI2IlM5P9PP6N6dI.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36694
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4428
- http://osvdb.org/38296
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25727
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018715
- http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_KJDPaI2IlM5P9PP6N6dI.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36694
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4428
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