Published: 18/06/2002 Updated: 05/09/2008

CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10

VMScore: 505

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

Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8 beta and previous versions allows remote malicious users to create arbitrary files and execute commands via a Direct Connection with an IMG tag with a SRC attribute that specifies the target filename.

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aol instant messenger 4.1
aol instant messenger 4.6
aol instant messenger 4.8_beta
aol instant messenger 4.2
aol instant messenger 4.3
aol instant messenger 4.4
aol instant messenger 4.5
aol instant messenger 4.0
aol instant messenger 4.7

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/4526/info An issue has been reported, which could allow an AIM user to save files to arbitrary locations Reportedly, this is achievable when a direct connection is made between two AIM users Files that are sent to a user include an img tag and a data tag Upon a file being sent, the recipient's client wi ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0203.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4526 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8870.php https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21386/

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