Directory traversal in AIM direct conect

During direct connect it's possible to send a file with a name containing "../"...

AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Arbitrary File Creation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4526/info An issue has been reported, which could allow an AIM user to save files to arbitrary locations. Reportedly, this is achievable when a direct connection is made between two AIM users. Files that are sent to a user include an img tag and a data ta...

AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Arbitrary File Creation

AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Arbitrary File Creation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4526/info An issue has been reported, which could allow an AIM user to save files to arbitrary locations. Reportedly, this is achievable when a direct connection is made between two AIM users. Files that...

AIM's 'Direct Connection' feature could lead to arbitrary file creation

AIM's 'Direct Connection' feature could lead to arbitrary file creation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Author: Noah Johnson [email protected] Affected versions: All versions of AOL Instant Messenger up to 4.8 beta on all platforms of Windows as far as I...

AOL Instant Messenger contains buffer overflows in parsing of AIM URI handler requests

Overview AOL Instant Messenger AIM is an application that allows one peer to communicate with another. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists that can manipulate the configuration of the victim's client. Description AIM installs a URI handler that permits the use of the "aim:" protocol on the...

CVE-2002-0005

CVE-2002-0005 describes a remote buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) on Windows triggered by a crafted AddGame request, allowing arbitrary code execution. Vulnerable AIM Windows clients include versions 1.0–3.0.1415 and 4.3.2229+ (4.8.2616 cited); the issue involves parsing a long argu...

AIM including the beta 4.8.2646 Local/Remote Buffer Oveflow

.--------. / Bugs +-----------------------------------------------------------------------. : Affected : All versions of AIM including the beta 4.8.2646 : Type : Local/Remote Buffer Oveflow : Date : 29-02-2002 : Author : NtWaK0 & Recon @ www.SafeHack.com :...

CVE-2000-1000

Summary: CVE-2000-1000 is a format-string vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.1 and earlier. The issue arises when transferring a file whose name contains format specifiers, which can cause a denial of service and may allow arbitrary command execution. Root cause: format-string handlin...

CVE-2000-1094

Affected software: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) prior to version 4.3.2229. Vulnerability: A buffer overflow in the handling of the buddyicon command with a long src argument can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the victim’s machine. Root cause: Buffer overflow when processi...

AOL Instant Messenger 3.5.18564.04.1.20104.2.1193 - aim: Remote Buffer Overflow

AOL Instant Messenger 3.5.18564.04.1.20104.2.1193 - aim: Remote Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2118/info AOL Instant Messenger AIM is a real time messaging service for users that are on line. When AOL Instant Messenger is installed, by default it configures the system s...

AOL Instant Messenger 4.0/4.1.2010/4.2.1193 - BuddyIcon Buffer Overflow

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2122/info AOL Instant Messenger AIM is a real time messaging service for users that are on line. When AOL Instant Messenger is installed, by default it configures the system so that the aim: URL protocol connects aim:// urls to the AIM client. There exist...

AOL Instant Messenger 3.5.1856/4.0/4.1.2010/4.2.1193 - 'aim://' Remote Buffer Overflow

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2118/info AOL Instant Messenger AIM is a real time messaging service for users that are on line. When AOL Instant Messenger is installed, by default it configures the system so that the aim: URL protocol connects aim:// urls to the AIM client. There exist...

CVE-2000-0190

CVE-2000-0190 affects the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) client. The vulnerability arises when processing a message containing a malformed ASCII value, which can cause a denial of service. The NVD metrics report a CVSSv2 base score of 5.0 (Medium) with network attack vector, low attack complexity, a...

AIM-dos.txt

As all Ascii-Symbols can be displayed in &XXX; format, where XXX are numbers from 0-255, AIM seems not to check the XXX for higher values and some strings above 255 result in aim crashing completly or in part. E.g. the string ̂ will result in crashing the whole aim, but ̃ will crash only the...

aim.2.0.ip.address.txt

Exploit in the newest AIM 2.0 IU Uprising [email protected] Tue, 8 Jun 1999 18:39:50 PDT In the newest version of AIM AOL Instant Messenger there is a way to transfer files. When you are transferring the file, you can open a DOS prompt and type: netstat -a -n By doing this you obviously can g...