VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0591

CVE-2002-0591

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 with a SRC attribute that specifies the target filename.

Affected products

9
  • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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