CVE-2002-1813

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8.2790 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs by specifying the program in the href attribute of a link.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1813 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.87%, 93th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.80% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1813

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21958 exploit_db edb 2002-10-22 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1813

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 3.06% 6.87% +3.80%
2 2025-03-17 8.77% 3.06% -5.71%
3 2025-01-03 — 8.77% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1813

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1813

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1813

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol instant_messenger 4.7.2480 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.8.2616 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2616:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.8.2646 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2646:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.0.2938 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.0.2938:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1813

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