CVE-2005-2225

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a plaintext message containing the ".pif" string, which is interpreted as a malicious file extension and causes users to be kicked from a group conversation. NOTE: it has been reported that Gaim is also affected, so this may be an issue in the protocol or MSN servers.

Affected products

Microsoft Msn Messenger Service: all versions

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444
http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45
http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444
http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45
http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146

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