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CVE-2005-0243

N/A

Published: February 18, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorMessenger

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions before 6.0.0.1921, does not properly display long filenames in file dialog boxes, which could allow remote attackers to trick users into downloading and executing programs via file names containing a large number of spaces and multiple file extensions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Messenger · Yahoo

95%

5.5 5.6 5.6.0.1351 6.0 6.0.0.1750

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/13712

x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-2/advisory/

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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