CVE-2002-2361

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00384.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9984.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5579

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00384.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9984.php

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5579

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

63th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

yahoo

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