Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-5017

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the CYFT object in ft60.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.421 allows remote attackers to force a download, and create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the GetFile method.

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Affected products

Yahoo/Messenger2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:8.1.0.421:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:8.1.0.421:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 8.1.0.421

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/25727nvdExploit
osvdb.org/38296nvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_KJDPaI2IlM5P9PP6N6dI.htmlnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36694nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4428nvd

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