CVE-2002-0322

CVE-2002-0322 describes a critical vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 4.0 where user passwords are transmitted in cleartext. This allows remote attackers to intercept credentials via network sniffing, potentially leading to unauthorized access and privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, posing a significant risk of confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.