AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Unauthorized Actions

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5246/info The AOL Instant Messenger client is prone to an issue which may allow maliciously crafted HTML to perform unauthorized actions such as adding entries to the buddy list on behalf of the user of a vulnerable client. This condition is due to how th...

CVE-2002-0592

AOL Instant Messenger AIM allows remote attackers to steal files that are being transferred to other clients by connecting to port 4443 Direct Connection or port 5190 file transfer before the intended user...

CVE-2002-0591

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...

CVE-2002-0592

AOL Instant Messenger AIM allows remote attackers to steal files that are being transferred to other clients by connecting to port 4443 Direct Connection or port 5190 file transfer before the intended user...

CVE-2002-0591

CVE-2002-0591 refers to a directory-traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) up to and including version 4.8 beta and earlier . The flaw allows a remote attacker to create arbitrary files and execute commands via a Direct Connection using an IMG tag with a SRC attribute that specifi...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to buffer overflow via crafted "addbuddy" URI sent in message

Overview America Online's Instant Messenger AIM contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. Description AOL Instant Messenger is a widely used program for communicating with other users over the Internet. A buffer overflow exists in the processing of the addbuddy parameter of t...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via buddy list transfers

Overview America Online's Instant Messenger AIM contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. Description AOL Instant Messenger is a program for communicating with other users over the Internet and is widely used. During a buddy list transfer, a buffer overflow may occur. It has...

CVE-2002-0362

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger AIM 4.2 and later allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long AddExternalApp request and a TLV type greater than 0x2711...

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messanger

Buffer overflow on game request processing. Array boundary tracersal on aim: URL processing...

Hole in AOL Instant Messenger

Hello all, This morning I noticed something while playing around with the aim:AddBuddy hyperlink for AIM. If you add many characters separated by commas you can crash the aim when a user clicks it. An example: aim:AddBuddy? ScreenName=InterWN,InterWN,InterWN,InterWN,InterWN,InterWN,I...

w00w00-AIM-2.txt

================================== AOL Instant Messenger Overflow 2 w00w00! http://www.w00w00.org ================================== PRELUDE AOL Instant Messenger is still vulnerable to a serious overflow, as discovered by John Hennessy while tweaking our example exploit, w00aimexp. A few simple...

AOL Instant Messenger installer adds "http://free.aol.com" to Trusted Sites Zone in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Overview The installer for AOL Instant Messenger contains a vulnerability that weakens the security settings of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Description There is a vulnerability in the installer for AOL Instant Messenger AIM that silently adds "http://free.aol.com" to the list of Trusted Sites in...

w00w00 on AOL Instant Messenger remote overflow #2

================================== AOL Instant Messenger Overflow 2 w00w00! http://www.w00w00.org ================================== PRELUDE AOL Instant Messenger is still vulnerable to a serious overflow, as discovered by John Hennessy while tweaking our example exploit, w00aimexp. A few simple...

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...

CVE-2002-1591

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...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to denial of service via crafted file name

Overview AOL Instant Messenger AIM 4.1 and prior are vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability. A denial of service occurs when filenames that contain a "%s" are sent to a victim. Description AOL Instant Messenger AIM is a program for communicating with other users over the Internet. AIM...

AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to DoS via crafted GIF file

Overview AOL Instant Messenger AIM is an application that allows one peer to communicate with another. A vulnerability exists that can crash the client of a victim. Description AIM allows users to send image files to one another. By sending a crafted GIF image, an attacker can cause the victim's...

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...

AOL Instant Messenger saves code embedded in image tag to conversation log which could be viewed/executed by a browser

Overview Certain Alpha versions of AOL Instant Messenger AIM, that were leaked, would log errors to a log file. By sending a crafted image file, it may be possible to execute arbitrary script/HTML on a victims browser when they view the log files. Description AOL Instant Messenger has the ability...

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...