Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-0138 · published 9 January 2006

CVE-2006-0138: Amsn vulnerability

Amsn · Amsn

aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client hang and termination of client's instant-messaging session) by repeatedly sending crafted data to the default file-transfer port (TCP 6891).

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.4% · top 6.5%

5.0CVSS 2.0 base score

6.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

4References, 2 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Amsn Amsn

References

Link	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/22186
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5JP090KHFQ.html	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22186
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5JP090KHFQ.html	ExploitVendor Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

4.6CVE-2008-7255Amsn vulnerabilitylogin_screen.tcl in aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) before 0.97.1 saves a password after logout, which allows physically proximate attackers to hijack …EPSS 0.32%20 Apr 2010 2.1CVE-2004-2454Amsn vulnerabilityaMSN 0.90 for Microsoft Windows allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as hashed passwords from (1) hotlog.htm and (2) config.xml.EPSS 0.44%31 Dec 2004

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-0138), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.