Microsoft Windows Messenger Detection

Windows Messenger, an instant messaging client, is installed on the remote Windows host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid11429; scriptversion"1.17"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate", value:"2022/02/01"; scriptnameenglish:"Microsoft...

Trillian 0.73/0.74 - IRC PRIVMSG Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5755/info Trillian is an instant messaging client that supports a number of protocols including IRC, ICQ, MSN. It is available for Microsoft Windows systems. A buffer overflow has been discovered in Trillian version .73 and .74. When processing a PRIVM...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated gaim client fixes URL vulnerability

Updated gaim packages are now available for Red Hat Powertools 7. These updates fix a vulnerability in the URL handler. Gaim is an all-in-one instant messaging client that lets you use a number of messaging protocols such as AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo, all at once. Versions of gaim prior to 0.59.1 conta...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: gaim security update

Updated gaim packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. These updates fix a vulnerability in the default URL handler. Gaim is an all-in-one instant messaging client that lets you use a number of messaging protocols such as AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo, all at once. Versions of gaim prio...

Misformated message header causes msn messenger to crash

Introduction to the flaw. Msn Messenger is a popular Instant-Messaging client from Microsoft. After the previous flaws regarding the privacy of users another flaw is discovered. This flaw makes the msn messenger client crash after receiving a misformated font variable in the message header with...

Potential vulnerabilities of the Microsoft RVP-based Instant Messaging

The Encode Security Labs performed an empirical analysis of the Microsoft Instant Messaging implementation based on Exchange 2000 and using the MSN Messenger Service v3.6 client. The most important findings about the IM service are: -it does not offer any confidentiality -it is vulnerable to...

KICQ 1.0 - Arbitrary Command Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2443/info KICQ is an ICQ-compatible interactive messaging client for Unix. Versions of KICQ are vulnerable to remote execution of arbitrary commands embedded in URLs. A maliciously-composed URL containing shell metacharacters and shell commands can be sen...

PT-2001-1134 · Aol · Aol Instant Messenger

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: AOL Instant Messenger AIM versions prior to 4.3.2229 Description: The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "buddyicon" command with a long src argument. This is achieved by exploiting a buffer overflow in the...