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CVE-2005-0242

The Audio Setup Wizard (asw.dll) in Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to arbitrary code by placing a malicious ping.exe program into the Messenger program directory, which is installed with weak default permissions.

Published: Feb 18, 2005
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2005-0242
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
yahoo / messenger	5.6	5.6.x
yahoo / messenger	6.0.0.1750	6.0.0.1750.x
yahoo / messenger	5.5	5.5.x
yahoo / messenger	5.6.0.1351	5.6.0.1351.x
yahoo / messenger	6.0	6.0.x

http://messenger.yahoo.com/security/update6.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11815
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-6/advisory/

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