CVE-2007-1904

Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9 and earlier, and ICQ 5.1 and probably earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to write files to arbitrary locations via a .. (dot dot) in a filename in a file transfer operation.

Published: 2007-04-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1904 is rated Moderate Risk (45.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.42%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1904

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 2025-11-27 1.18% 1.42% +0.25%
2 2025-10-05 0.87% 1.18% +0.31%
3 2025-07-15 0.87%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1904

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1904

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1904

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol icq <= 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:aol:icq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger <= 5.9.3861 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1904

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