Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-3147

Title: Yahoo Messenger RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2007-3147

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Jun 11, 2007
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
40.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-3147: Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Upload ActiveX control in ywcupl.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long server property value to the send method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impacted Vendors

Y
yahoo 1
R
relatedcode 1

Reference Links

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063817.html http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=060707 http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070608.html http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20070605.html http://secunia.com/advisories/25547 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2809 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018204 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/949817 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470861/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24341 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24354 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018203 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2094 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34758 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4042 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063817.html http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=060707 http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070608.html http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20070605.html http://secunia.com/advisories/25547 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2809 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018204 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/949817 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470861/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24341 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24354 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018203 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2094 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34758 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4042
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-3147 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16519
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4053
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4042
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.