37705 : Yahoo! Widgets YDP YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 ActiveX (YDPCTL.dll) GetComponentVersion Method Arbitrary Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-07-24

Keywords

CLSID 7EC7B6C5-25BD-4586-A641-D2ACBB6629DD

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-4034" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1018470
CERT VU: 120760
CVE ID: 2007-4034 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 25086
Secunia Advisory ID: 26011
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-2679
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/yahoo_widgets_getcomponentversion

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-07-30 | Disagree?

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