CVE-2002-0472

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

MSN Messenger Service 3.6, and possibly other versions, uses weak authentication when exchanging messages between clients, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages from other users.

MSN Messenger Service 3.6, and possibly other versions, uses weak authentication when exchanging messages between clients, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages from other users.

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

Overview

First reported 22 years ago

2002-08-12 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:28:00

Affected Software

Microsoft msn_messenger_service 3.6

3.6

References

http://www.encode-sec.com/esp0202.pdf

msn-messenger-message-spoofing(8582)

Vendor Advisory

20020319 Potential vulnerabilities of the Microsoft RVP-based Instant Messaging

Vendor Advisory

4316

Vendor Advisory

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