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CVE-2002-05911 exploit

Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files and…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.6%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

11.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21386 AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Arbitrary File Creation · remote · 2002-04-17

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

  • iss.net /security_center/static/8870.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/4526 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0203.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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