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CVE-2005-2225

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.

Published

2005-07-12T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	msn_messenger_service	*	Yes

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444 Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45 Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146 Exploit, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444 Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45 Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146 Exploit, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)