Microsoft MSN Live Messneger Denial of Service Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900461");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-02-26 05:27:20 +0100 (Thu, 26 Feb 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0647");
  script_name("Microsoft MSN Live Messneger Denial of Service Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501043");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33825");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_ms_win_live_messenger_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("MS/LiveMessenger/Installed");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Live Messenger version 14.0.8064.206 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This flaw is due to failure in handling charset of the message which user
  sends.");

  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:"Microsoft MSN Live Messenger is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary codes in the
  context of the application and can cause denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  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:"14.0.8064.0206" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );