CVE-2008-7255

N/A Unknown

Published: April 20, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

login_screen.tcl in aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) before 0.97.1 saves a password after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack a session by visiting an unattended workstation.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/login_screen.tcl?r1=9960&r2=10259&pathrev=10259

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=610067

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/index.php?topic=5317.0

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/login_screen.tcl?r1=9960&r2=10259&pathrev=10259

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=610067

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/index.php?topic=5317.0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

19th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-255

Affected Vendors

amsn

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