Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-4034

Title: Yahoo Widgets RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2007-4034

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Jul 27, 2007
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
12.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-4034: Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impacted Vendors

Y
yahoo 1

Reference Links

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html http://osvdb.org/37705 http://secunia.com/advisories/26011 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120760 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25086 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018470 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679 http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html http://osvdb.org/37705 http://secunia.com/advisories/26011 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120760 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25086 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018470 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679
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-2007-4034 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4250
View Code
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.