MSN Password Recovery 1.30 - Denial of Service
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
MSN Password Recovery version 1.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input in the registration code field. Attackers can generate a 9000-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field to trigger an application crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00275 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Password Software | MSN Password Recovery | 1.30 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- MSN Password Recovery VendorTop Password Software Affected 1.30 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-37215
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4w34-9hcr-4jm4
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
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- TI-2020-19326 Top Password Software Dialup Password Recovery 1.30 - Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
- TI-2020-19325 Top Password Firefox Password Recovery 2.8 - Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
- CVE-2020-37215 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-37215 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4w34-9hcr-4jm4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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