CVE-2008-7255

medium

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.

References

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-04-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H