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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0586 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.014Z

Reserved: 2002-06-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0591

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-06-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0591

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