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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft MSN Messenger 4.0 (Messaging Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component ActiveX Object. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to use Javascript that references an ActiveX object to obtain sensitive information such as display names and web site navigation, and possibly more when the user is connected to certain Microsoft sites (or DNS-spoofed sites).

The weakness was shared 05/16/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0228. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11429 (Microsoft Windows Messenger Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8084) and Tenable (11429). The entries 14860, 19342 and 19474 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Messaging Software

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• MSN Messenger

Version

• 4.0

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11429
Nessus Name: Microsoft Windows Messenger Detection
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 11429
OpenVAS Name: Windows Messenger is installed
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

02/02/2002 🔍
05/16/2002 +103 days 🔍
05/16/2002 +0 days 🔍
05/16/2002 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2003 +309 days 🔍
07/20/2003 +121 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4009 days 🔍
06/27/2021 +2543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0228 (🔍)
X-Force: 8084
Vulnerability Center: 1466 - Microsoft MSN Messenger ActiveX Object Reveals Sensitive User Information, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4028 - Microsoft MSN ActiveX Object Information Disclosure Vulnerability

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:57
Updated: 06/27/2021 10:00
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:57 (70), 05/10/2019 18:26 (1), 06/27/2021 10:00 (3)
Complete: 🔍

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