CVE-2008-7255 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

login_screen.tcl in aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) before 0.97.1 saves a password after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation.

Published: 2010-04-20

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.83:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.90:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.91:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.92:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.93:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.94:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.95:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.96:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-7211	login_screen.tcl in aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) before 0.97.1 saves a password after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00063.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/login_screen.tcl?r1=9960&r2=10259&pathrev=10259
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=610067
http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/index.php?topic=5317.0

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Amsn Amsn

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-04-20T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:59:16.928Z

Reserved: 2010-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7255

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-20T16:30:00.413

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2008-7255

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-255

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