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CVE-2002-0032

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0032 describes a critical vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger versions 5.0.0.1064 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts under the guise of other users. This is achieved by manipulating the "addview" parameter within a ymsgr URI. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating ongoing interest despite its age.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0387 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/274223
Vendor Advisory
cert.org / advisories/CA-2002-16.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
iss.net / security_center/static/9184.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/172315
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/4838
PatchVendor Advisory