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CVE-2007-5017
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the CYFT object in ft60.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.421 allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.5%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_KJDPaI2IlM5P9PP6N6dI.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4428 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- yahoo-messenger-ft60-code-execution(36694) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 38296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 25727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1018715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
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