5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.8%
Windows Live Messenger Client is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800332");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-01-08 07:43:30 +0100 (Thu, 08 Jan 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5828");
script_name("Microsoft Windows Live Messenger Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4862");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33125");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499624/100/0/threaded");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_ms_win_live_messenger_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("MS/LiveMessenger/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized information disclosure.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft, Windows Live Messenger Client version 8.5.1302.1018 and prior");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to field error in IPv4InternalAddrsAndPorts,
IPv4Internal-Addrs and IPv4Internal-Port headers, which allow to discover
IP address and port numbers via MSNP15 protocol used over a NAT session.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Windows Live Messenger Client is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE )) exit(0);
vers = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if( version_is_less_equal( version:vers, test_version:"8.5.1302.1018" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );