CVE-2002-0591

Exp

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.

Published: 2002-06-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0591 is rated High Exploit Risk (69/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.63%, 95th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0591

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21386 exploit_db edb 2002-04-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0591

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 11.08% 11.63% +0.56%
2 2025-10-21 9.74% 11.08% +1.33%
3 2025-03-30 — 9.74% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0591

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0591

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0591

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol instant_messenger 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.4 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.7 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.8_beta cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0591

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