ZDI-07-012: Yahoo! Messenger AudioConf ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

ZDI-07-012: Yahoo! Messenger AudioConf ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-012.html
April 3, 2007

– CVE ID:
CVE-2007-1680

– Affected Vendor:
Yahoo!

– Affected Products:
Yahoo! Messenger 8.x

– TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since November 10, 2006 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 4791. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

http://www.tippingpoint.com 

– Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Yahoo Messenger. User interaction is
required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a
malicious page.

The specific flaw exists within the ActiveX control Yahoo.AudioConf:

DLL:   yacscom.dll
CLSID: 85A4A99C-8C3D-499E-A386-E0743DFF8FB7

When large values are specified for the 'socksHostname' and 'hostname'
properties, and the createAndJoinConference() method is called, a stack
overflow occurs. Exploitation can result in code execution under the
context of the current user.

– Vendor Response:
Yahoo has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details
can be found at:

http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=031207

– Disclosure Timeline:
2006.10.27 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2006.11.10 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.04.03 - Coordinated public release of advisory

– Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by Peter Vreugdenhil.

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