CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0082
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
An ActiveX control (Messenger.UIAutomation.1) in Windows Messenger 4.7 and 5.1 is marked as safe-for-scripting, which allows remote attackers to control the Messenger application, and "change state," obtain contact information, and establish audio or video connections without notification via unknown vectors.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows messenger 4.7
• microsoft windows messenger 5.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31446 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495467/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30551 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020681 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2354 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-050 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5995 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31446 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495467/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30551 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020681 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2354 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-050 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5995 oval.cisecurity.org