Yahoo! Assistant yNotifier.dll ActiveX control code execution
| yahoo-assistant-ynotifier-code-execution (42233) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Yahoo! Assistant ActiveX Control (yNotifier.dll) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site that passes specially-crafted arguments using unspecified vectors in the Ynoifier COM object, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim or cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 9.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 8 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 2008.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue May 06 2008 - 07:59:20 CDT: Yahoo! Assistant (3721) ActiveX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Yahoo! Assistant Web site: Yahoo! Assistant.
- BID-29065: Yahoo! Assistant 'yNotifier.dll' ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2111: The ActiveX Control (yNotifier.dll) in Yahoo! Assistant 3.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors in the Ynoifier COM object that trigger memory corruption.
- SA30115: Yahoo! Assistant yNotifier.dll ActiveX Control Code Execution
- SECTRACK ID: 1020004: Yahoo! Assistant 'ynotifier.dll' ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1471: Yahoo! Assistant ynotifier ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Yahoo Assistant 3.6
Reported:
May 06, 2008
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