{"id":"CVE-2005-2225","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-2225","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:41.561Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2005-07-12T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:14:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/msn messenger service"],"epss":{"score":0.16436,"percentile":0.9696,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1014444","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.digitalparadox.org/viewadvisories.ah?view=45","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=146","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2225","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}