VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-5017

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-09-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Primary references