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A vulnerability was found in AOL AOLserver 4.5.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

AOLserver 4.5.1 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window s title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

The weakness was published 01/13/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ush.it. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-4494 since 12/30/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at 51545, 51541, 51539 and 51537.

Productinfo

Vendor

• AOL

Name

• AOLserver

Version

• 4.5.1

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 100442
OpenVAS Name: AOLServer Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injection Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/30/2009 🔍
01/11/2010 +12 days 🔍
01/13/2010 +2 days 🔍
01/13/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1890 days 🔍
01/26/2019 +1410 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: aol.com

Advisory: ush.it
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4494 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 37712 - AOLServer Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injection Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/26/2019 11:28
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (52), 01/26/2019 11:28 (3)
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