CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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10.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in AOL Instant Messenger 5.5 (Messaging Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component URI Handler. The manipulation of the argument goaway
with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Buffer overflow in the goaway function in the aim:goaway URI handler for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.5, including 5.5.3595, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Away message.
The bug was discovered 06/16/2004. The weakness was disclosed 08/09/2004 by Ryan McGeehan, Kevin Benes and Matt Murphy as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0636 since 07/07/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/30/2021).
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 54 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14267 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3085. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2925.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16926), Tenable (14267) and Exploit-DB (395).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 14267
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MetaSploit ID: aim_goaway.rb
MetaSploit Name: AOL Instant Messenger goaway Overflow
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Countermeasures
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Snort ID: 3085
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER AIM goaway message buffer overflow attempt
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: aol.comAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Ryan McGeehan, Kevin Benes, Matt Murphy
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2004-0636 (🔍)
X-Force: 16926
Vulnerability Center: 6314 - Buffer Overflow in AOL Instant Messenger 5.5, 5.5.3415 Beta, 5.5.3595 Allows Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10889 - AOL Instant Messenger Away Message Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 12198 - AOL Instant Messenger "Away" Message Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 8398 - AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) aim:goaway URI Handler goaway Function Away Message Handling Remote Overflow
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 01/09/2015 17:08Updated: 06/30/2021 14:14
Changes: 01/09/2015 17:08 (78), 06/05/2019 00:53 (10), 06/30/2021 14:14 (3)
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