PT-2007-5242 · Yahoo · Ydpctl.Ydpcontrol.1 Activex Control+1

Published 2007-07-27 · Updated 2011-03-07 · CVE-2007-4034

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Yahoo! Widgets versions prior to 4.0.5 YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3

Description: The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 ActiveX control, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method.

Recommendations: For Yahoo! Widgets versions prior to 4.0.5, update to version 4.0.5 or later. For YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3, update to version 2007.7.13.3 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the GetComponentVersion method until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4034

Affected Products

Ydpctl.Ydpcontrol.1 Activex Control

Yahoo! Widgets

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4250 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/25086 · Exploit
• http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26011 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4034 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120760 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/37705 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018470 · Note