Description
Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof other users by modifying the username and using the spoofed username for social engineering or denial of service (flooding) attacks.
References
- yahoo-messenger-username-spoof(8267) vdb-entry
- CA-2002-16 third-party-advisory
- 20020221 Remote crashes in Yahoo messenger mailing-list
- VU#952875 third-party-advisory
- 4164 vdb-entry