source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19353/info
A vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions. This issue is due to a design error.
An attacker may leverage this issue to spoof downloaded filenames to unsuspecting users. This issue may lead to a compromise of the target computer as well as other consequences.
Yahoo! Messenger version 8.0.0.863 is reportedly affected; earlier versions may be affected as well.
Sample filenames and extensions have been provided:
example: Annakournikova and her friends.jpg~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@.exe Trojan.txt~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@.exe Info.txt~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@.exe
