CVE-2002-0591

AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Arbitrary File Creation

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-04-17 First Exploit
2002-06-11 CVE Reserved
2002-06-11 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21386	2002-04-17
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0203.html	2024-08-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4526	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8870.php	2008-09-05

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.0 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.1 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.2 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.2"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.3 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.3"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.4 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.4"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.5 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.5"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.6 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.6"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.7 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.7"		-		Affected
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Instant Messenger Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger"				4.8_beta Search vendor "Aol" for product "Instant Messenger" and version "4.8_beta"		-		Affected