Description
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.
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! Assistant 3.6 - 'yNotifier.dll' ActiveX Control Memory Corruption EDB-31748 · dos · May 6, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 30115 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1471 vdb-entry
- yahoo-assistant-ynotifier-code-execution(42233) vdb-entry
- http://secway.org/advisory/AD20080506EN.txt
- 1020004 vdb-entry
- 29065 vdb-entry