Description
Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Viewer ActiveX control in ywcvwr.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long server property value to the receive method.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Yahoo! Messenger Webcam 8.1 - 'Ywcvwr.dll' Download / Execute EDB-4052 · remote · Jun 8, 2007 · verified
- Yahoo! Messenger Webcam 8.1 - ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow (2) EDB-4043 · remote · Jun 7, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4043 exploit
- yahoo-webcam-viewer-bo(34759) vdb-entry
- 37081 vdb-entry
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20070605.html
- 24355 vdb-entry
- http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=060707
- ADV-2007-2094 vdb-entry
- 25547 third-party-advisory
- 20070608 EEYE: Yahoo Webcam ActiveX Controls Multiple Buffer Overflows mailing-list
- 1018204 vdb-entry
- 20070607 2nd Yahoo 0day ActiveX Exploit mailing-list
- 24341 vdb-entry
- 1018203 vdb-entry
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070608.html
- VU#932217 third-party-advisory