VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-2361
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.
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 1.21%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.21% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- yahoo/messenger
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.