National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4034
Original release date:07/27/2007
Last revised:07/28/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#120760
Name: VU#120760
External Source: BID
Name: 25086
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2679
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26011
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018470
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 37705
