Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-0243

Title: Yahoo! Messenger file dialog long filenames spoofing

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-0243.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 17, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-0243: Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions before 6.0.0.1921, does not properly display long filenames in file dialog boxes, which could allow remote attackers to trick users into downloading and executing programs via file names containing a large number of spaces and multiple file extensions.

Impacted Vendors

relatedcode 1

yahoo 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/13712 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-2/advisory/ http://secunia.com/advisories/13712 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-2/advisory/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-0243 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 17, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.