Vulnerability CVE-2006-0765


Published: 2006-02-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
GUI display truncation vulnerability in ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to hide malicious file extensions, bypass Windows security warnings via a filename that is all uppercase and of a specific length, which truncates the malicious extension from the display and could trick a user into executing arbitrary programs.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mirabilis -> ICQ 
Mirabilis -> Icq lite 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425078/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16655

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