CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-2225
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-07-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft msn messenger service
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-115 Misinterpretation of Input weakness
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146 Exploit, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146 Exploit, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed