CVE-2002-0321 describes a vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 that allows remote attackers to spoof user identities. By modifying the username, attackers could engage in social engineering or launch denial-of-service (flooding) attacks. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, primarily impacting integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community or media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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