CVE-2002-2169 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.5 and 4.7 for MacOS and Windows allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities, such as adding buddies and groups to a user's buddy list, via a URL with a META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" tag to an aim: URL.

Published: 2005-11-16

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 4.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2148	Cross-site scripting vulnerability AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.5 and 4.7 for MacOS and Windows allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities, such as adding buddies and groups to a user's buddy list, via a URL with a META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" tag to an aim: URL.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04431.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/282443
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9616.php
http://www.mindflip.org/aim.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5246

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Aol Instant Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-16T21:17:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:53:57.700Z

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2169

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-2169

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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