CVE-2010-0744

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.

Published: 2010-04-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0744 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.31%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0744

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 0.39% 1.31% +0.92%
2 2025-03-30 0.73% 0.39% -0.34%
3 2025-03-29 0.73%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0744

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0744

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0744

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0744
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-0744 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (amsn), 14 status rows across 14 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): ignored 7, not-affected 5, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0744

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0744

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alvaro alvaros_messenger <= 0.98.3 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.83 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.96 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alvaro alvaros_messenger 0.97 cpe:2.3:a:alvaro:alvaros_messenger:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0744

URL Tags
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/?view=log&pathrev=11991 Vendor Advisory
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/proxy.tcl?r1=11886&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 Vendor Advisory
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/sip.tcl?r1=11953&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 Vendor Advisory
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/soap.tcl?r1=11891&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572818
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041046.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041079.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jun/239
http://secunia.com/advisories/35621 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39796
http://www.opensource-archive.org/showthread.php?p=183821
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/10/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/01/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35507
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1109
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