CVE-2002-0321

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Published May 3, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof other users by modifying the username and using the spoofed username for social engineering or denial of service (flooding) attacks.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0318	Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof other users by modifying the username and using the spoofed username for social engineering or denial of service (flooding) attacks.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.3% (3.281% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101439616623230&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8267.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952875
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4164

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Yahoo Messenger

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 3, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM
Reserved: May 1, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 25, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

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