CVE-2002-0472

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
15.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: August 12, 2002 (8676 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft msn messenger

References

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