Vulnerability CVE-2005-2225


Published: 2005-07-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a plaintext message containing the ".pif" string, which is interpreted as a malicious file extension and causes users to be kicked from a group conversation. NOTE: it has been reported that Gaim is also affected, so this may be an issue in the protocol or MSN servers.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Msn messenger service 

 References:
http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146
http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444

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