CVE-2008-0082
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 34.4%EU EUVD
An ActiveX control (Messenger.UIAutomation.1) in Windows Messenger 4.7 and 5.1 is marked as safe-for-scripting, which allows remote attackers to control the Messenger application, and "change state," obtain contact information, and establish audio or video connections without notification via unknown vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 34.4% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0095)
- Published
- August 13, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0095 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows messenger
- microsoft / windows messenger
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31446(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495467/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30551
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020681
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2354
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5995
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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