Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1618 - Remote Denial Of Service vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger 5.5/5.6/6.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The YMSGR URL handler in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disconnect) via a room login or a room join request packet with a third : (colon) and an & (ampersand), which causes Messenger to send a corrupted packet to the server, which triggers a disconnect from the server.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 3 |
Exploit-Db
description | Yahoo! Messenger 5.x/6.0 URL Handler Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2005-1618. Dos exploit for windows platform |
id | EDB-ID:25658 |
last seen | 2016-02-03 |
modified | 2005-05-13 |
published | 2005-05-13 |
reporter | Torseq Tech |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/25658/ |
title | Yahoo! Messenger 5.x/6.0 URL Handler Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability |