Description
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: 2002-06-11
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 11.1% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0586 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.
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Aol Instant Messenger
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.014Z

Reserved: 2002-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0591

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-06-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0591

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses