CVE-2002-0472 (GCVE-0-2002-0472)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-06-11 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:49
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2002-03-19 00:00
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