VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-0744

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-04-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) 0.98.3 and earlier, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an MSN server via an arbitrary certificate.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references