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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-07-12

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Msn Messenger Service (Microsoft)

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444
• http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45
• http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146