Vulnerability in Aol Instant Messenger
CVE-2002-0591
Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files and execute commands via a Direct Connection with an IMG tag with a SRC attribute that specifies the target filename.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.116 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.116 · newest: 0.116 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Aol Instant Messenger — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
References
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8870.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4526 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0203.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)