CVE-2005-0243

no score yetEPSS 1.0%

Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1750, and possibly other versions before 6.0.0.1921, does not properly display long filenames in file dialog boxes, which could allow remote attackers to trick users into downloading and executing programs via file names containing a large number of spaces and multiple file extensions.

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2005-02-17
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

yahoo:messenger

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13712
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-2/advisory/
http://secunia.com/advisories/13712
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-2/advisory/

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