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A vulnerability was found in AOL Instant Messenger 4.7.2480 (Messaging Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Trusted Site Handler. The manipulation with the input value free.aol.com
leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 adds free.aol.com to the Trusted Sites Zone in Internet Explorer without user approval, which could allow code from free.aol.com to bypass intended access restrictions.
The weakness was released 04/08/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1591 since 03/13/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
It is declared as highly functional.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
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CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
04/08/2002 🔍04/08/2002 🔍
03/13/2005 🔍
07/11/2014 🔍
04/12/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: aol.comAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2002-1591 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 13:50Updated: 04/12/2019 09:34
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:50 (51), 04/12/2019 09:34 (1)
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