CVE-2008-0082 (GCVE-0-2008-0082)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-13 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
VLAI
Summary
An ActiveX control (Messenger.UIAutomation.1) in Windows Messenger 4.7 and 5.1 is marked as safe-for-scripting, which allows remote attackers to control the Messenger application, and "change state," obtain contact information, and establish audio or video connections without notification via unknown vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2354 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30551 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495467/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/31446 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020681 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-08-12 00:00
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