CVE-2002-0228

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to use Javascript that references an ActiveX object to obtain sensitive information such as display names and web site navigation, and possibly more when the user is connected to certain Microsoft sites (or DNS-spoofed sites).

Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to use Javascript that references an ActiveX object to obtain sensitive information such as display names and web site navigation, and possibly more when the user is connected to certain Microsoft sites (or DNS-spoofed sites).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft msn_messenger_service

First reported 22 years ago

2002-05-16 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-11 00:00:00

Affected Software

Microsoft msn_messenger_service 2.2

2.2

Microsoft msn_messenger_service 3.0

3.0

Microsoft msn_messenger_service 4.0

4.0

Microsoft msn_messenger_service 4.5

4.5

Microsoft msn_messenger_service 4.6

4.6

References

20020202 MSN Messenger reveals your name to websites (and can reveal email addresses too)

Patch, Vendor Advisory

msn-messenger-reveal-information(8084)

Vendor Advisory

4028

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