Description
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.
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 1
- Yahoo! Widget < 4.0.5 - 'GetComponentVersion()' Remote Overflow EDB-4250 · remote · Jul 31, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1018470 vdb-entry
- 26011 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-2679 vdb-entry
- 25086 vdb-entry
- 37705 vdb-entry
- http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html
- VU#120760 third-party-advisory