CVE-2005-0242 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and potentially other versions, where the Audio Setup Wizard (asw.dll) can be tricked into executing an arbitrary "ping.exe" placed in the Messenger program directory due to weak default permissions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and local access required, with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.0.1351CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6.0.1351:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0.1750CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0.0.1750:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.