Vulnerability in Aol
CVE-2006-5820
The LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an arbitrary function pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.084 (94.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.084 · newest: 0.084 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Aol — versions 9.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23224 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24714 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2513 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/34318 (vdb-entry)
- www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-5820?
- CVE-2006-5820 is a vulnerability in Aol. Published 2007-04-02.
- Is CVE-2006-5820 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.