PT-2007-7117 · Yahoo · Yahoo! Toolbar

Published 2007-12-04 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-6228

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Yahoo! Toolbar version 1.4.1

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the Helper class of the yt.ythelper.2 ActiveX control. This issue can be triggered by passing a long argument to the c method, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service, which results in a browser crash.

Recommendations For Yahoo! Toolbar version 1.4.1, consider disabling the ActiveX control yt.ythelper.2 to prevent potential exploitation until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6228

Affected Products

Yahoo! Toolbar

References · 5

• 🔥 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058725.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/30832 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6228 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38769 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26656 · Note