Description: qFox and Mephisto have discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft MSN Messenger, allowing malicious people to retrieve files from a vulnerable system.
The problem is that a malicious person can send a specially crafted request which can retrieve files from known locations. This can be exploited to retrieve any file which the current user got read access to.
This affects Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.0 and 6.1.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution: According to Microsoft an update is available:
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