PT-2017-15299 · Yahoo · Yahoo! Toolbar

Yuji Tounai · Published 2017-07-14 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2017-2253

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! Toolbar (for Internet Explorer) versions 8.0.0.6 and earlier

Description The issue allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory due to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Installer.

Recommendations For versions 8.0.0.6 and earlier, update the Installer to a version with a timestamp later than June 13, 2017, 18:18:55 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2253

Affected Products

Yahoo! Toolbar

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2253 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN02852421/index.html · Note