CVE-2005-1671 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2005-1671

The Logfile feature in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 can...

Vulnerability Description

The Logfile feature in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 can be activated by a YMSGR: URL and writes all output to a single ypager.log file, even when there are multiple users, and does not properly warn later users that the feature has been enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

messenger
Vulnerable Versions:
5.5, 5.6, 5.6.0.1351, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 19th, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.