11820.txt

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Rule

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Sid
11820

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Messenger.

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Impact:
High

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Detailed Information:
Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Viewer ActiveX control in ywcvwr.dll for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long server property value to the receive method.

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Affected Systems:
Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:


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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:


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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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