HTTP: Yahoo CD Player ActiveX Control
This signature detects attempts to use unsafe ActiveX controls in Yahoo CD Player. An attacker can create a malicious Web site containing Web pages with dangerous ActiveX controls, which if accessed by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.
Extended Description
The Yahoo! CD Player ActiveX control ('YoPlyCd.dll') is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to properly bounds check user-supplied input. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of an application (typically Internet Explorer) that uses the ActiveX control. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.
Affected Products
Yahoo! yahoo!_cd_player
Short Name
HTTP:STC:ACTIVEX:YAHOO-CD-PLY
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
ActiveX CD Control Player Yahoo bid:51011
Release Date
01/03/2012
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Yahoo!