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CVE-2005-2225

N/A
Published: July 12, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMsn Messenger Service

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 16%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
Source: [email protected]
http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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