CVE-2008-7255

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.

Published: 2010-04-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7255 is rated Low Risk (26.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7255

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.32% +0.27%
2 2024-09-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7255

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7255

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-7255

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-7255 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (amsn), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-7255

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7255

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amsn amsn <= 0.97 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.83 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
amsn amsn 0.96 cpe:2.3:a:amsn:amsn:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7255

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