CVE-2002-0591

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0591
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-06-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.0 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.1 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.2 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.3 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.4 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.5 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.6 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.7 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 4.8_beta All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - AIM's 'Direct Connection' feature could lead to arbitrary file creation - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
AOL Instant Messenger Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: aim-direct-connection-files (8870): AOL Instant Messenger "Direct Connection" allows remote attacker to create files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
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