WARNING: Yahoo Messenger 8.0 & Above Highly Vulnerable To Attacks

Yahoo messenger, the most famous chatting messenger available is again providing open vector for hackers to gain access to your system and that too with minimal user interaction.

Date Reported:
June 5, 2007

Vendor:
Yahoo, Inc

Description:
Multiple flaws exist within Yahoo! Messenger which allow for remote execution of arbitrary code with minimal user interaction.

Severity:
High

Remote Code Execution:
Yes

Software Affected:
Yahoo! Messenger 8.x

Operating Systems Affected:
Windows

Status:
June 5, 2007: Vulnerability reported to vendor

Reporter:
eEye Digital Security

UPDATE: [June 10, 2007]
Yahoo has has pushed out a fix to plug the bugs found. Go get them.


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