CVE-2002-0472 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MSN Messenger Service 3.6, and possibly other versions, uses weak authentication when exchanging messages between clients, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages from other users.

Published: 2002-06-11

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 15.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:msn_messenger:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.1519.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.encode-sec.com/esp0202.pdf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8582.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262906
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4316

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Msn Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.486Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0472

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0472

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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