>> Yahoo Messenger "AudioConf" ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : Yahoo Messenger "AudioConf" ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1219 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1680
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-04-03
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Yahoo Messenger, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error in the "AudioConf" ActiveX control (yacscom.dll) when processing overly long arguments passed to the "createAndJoinConference()" method, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
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