CVE-2002-2361 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The installer in Yahoo! Messenger 4.0, 5.0 and 5.5 does not verify package signatures which could allow remote attackers to install trojan programs via DNS spoofing.

Published: 2007-10-29

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2339	The installer in Yahoo! Messenger 4.0, 5.0 and 5.5 does not verify package signatures which could allow remote attackers to install trojan programs via DNS spoofing.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00434.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00384.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9984.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5579

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Yahoo Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-29T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:20:44.264Z

Reserved: 2007-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2361

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-2361

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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