CVE-2002-0228: Microsoft Msn Messenger

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 19.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to use Javascript that references an ActiveX object to obtain sensitive information such as display names and web site navigation, and possibly more when the user is connected to certain Microsoft sites (or DNS-spoofed sites).

Affected products

• Microsoft Msn Messenger: version 2.2 only; version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only; version 4.5 only; version 4.6 only

Published 2002-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.