CVE-2004-2373

Exp

The Buddy icon file for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.3 through 5.5 is created in a predictable location, which may allow remote attackers to use a shell: URI to exploit other vulnerabilities that involve predictable locations.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2373 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.72%). 2 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-2004-2373

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23730 exploit_db edb 2004-02-19 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2373

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% 2.72% -0.34%
2 2025-03-30 4.13% 3.06% -1.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.13% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2373

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2373

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2373

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol instant_messenger 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.3.2229 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3.2229:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 4.7.2480 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 4.8.2790 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2790:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.0.2938 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.0.2938:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.1.3036 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.1.3036:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.2.3292 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.2.3292:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.5.3415_beta cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.5.3415_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2373

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