CVE-2006-6603 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the YMMAPI.YMailAttach ActiveX control (ymmapi.dll) within Yahoo! Messenger versions prior to 2005.1.1.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system through a specially crafted HTML document. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.