01 Record
CVE-2002-0591
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-06-11 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-06-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0ae3f01863f5c6e3a9edcb7133abe2096e89a6d04e2cbb548869820f8e4c41db
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.iss.netaim-direct-connection-files(8870)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8870.php
- www.securityfocus.com4526http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4526
- archives.neohapsis.com20020416 AIM's 'Direct Connection' feature could lead to arbitrary file creationhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0203.html