01 Record
CVE-2004-2373
The Buddy icon file for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.3 through 5.5 is created in a predictable location, which may allow remote attackers to use a shell: URI to exploit other vulnerabilities that
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Buddy icon file for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.3 through 5.5 is created in a predictable location, which may allow remote attackers to use a shell: URI to exploit other vulnerabilities that
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
- 2.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.7% 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
- 2005-08-16 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-16
- 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
- c1c8d0a5c9a5bcbcf678c64f27c491012550a2e8b8034d89d6d629659367b5e5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20040219 Aol Instant Messenger/Microsoft Internet Explorer remote code executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/354448
- www.securityfocus.com9698http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9698
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaim-buddy-predictable-location(15310)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15310