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CVE-2002-21691 exploit

Cross-site scripting vulnerability AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.5 and 4.7 for MacOS and Windows allows remote attackers to conduct unautho…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.4%
percentile 84%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21619 AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Unauthorized Actions · remote · 2002-07-16

CVSS scores

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

References

  • iss.net /security_center/static/9616.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • mindflip.org /aim.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/282443 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/5246 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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