|
|
>> Yahoo! Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
|
Title : Yahoo! Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2679
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4034
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-07-27
|
A vulnerability has been identified in Yahoo! Widgets, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "YDPCTL.YDPControl.1" (YDPCTL.dll) ActiveX control when processing malformed arguments passed to the "GetComponentVersion()" method, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
Affected Products
Yahoo! Widgets versions prior to 4.0.5
Solution
Upgrade to Yahoo! Widgets version 4.0.5 :
http://widgets.yahoo.com/download
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Parvez Anwar via Secunia.
ChangeLog
2007-07-27 : Initial release
Vulnerability Management
Subscribe to VUPEN VNS and receive real-time alerts when new advisories or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.
Feedback
If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form. | |
|
