Intrusion PreventionYahoo!.Toolbar.URL.Shortcut.ActiveX.Control.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in Yahoo! Toolbar.
The vulnerability is caused by boundary errors within the YShortcut ActiveX control component of Yahoo! Toolbar. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a crafted webpage, potentially causing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the current user.
Affected Products
Yahoo! Toolbar 1.4.1
Impact
System Compromise
Recommended Actions
Currently we are not aware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 15439 |
| Created | Feb 25, 2008 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2007-6535 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 2.99% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Other |