Vulnerability in Microsoft Msn Messenger Service
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.164 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.164 · newest: 0.164 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.messenger-blog.com/ (URL Repurposed, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2225?
- CVE-2005-2225 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Msn Messenger Service. Published 2005-07-12.
- Is CVE-2005-2225 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.