Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows Messenger
CVE-2008-0082
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.344 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.344 · newest: 0.344 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Messenger — versions 4.7, 5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5995 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2354 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-050 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30551 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495467/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/31446 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)