National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4901
Original release date:09/14/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The embedded Internet Explorer server control in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.1.41.2 and 6.2.32.1, AIM Pro, and AIM Lite does not properly constrain the use of mshtml.dll's web script and HTML functionality for incoming instant messages, which allows remote attackers to place HTML into unexpected contexts or execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by writing arbitrary HTML to a notification window, and writing contents of arbitrary local image files to this window via IMG SRC.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: BID
Name: 25659
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070925 RE: CORE-2007-0817: Remote Command execution, HTML and JavaScript injection vulnerabilities in AOL's Instant Messaging software
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070925 CORE-2007-0817: Remote Command execution, HTML and JavaScript injection vulnerabilities in AOL's Instant Messaging software
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070914 AIM Local File Display in Notification Window
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070912 AIM Arbitrary HTML Display in Notification Window
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=1924
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3136
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26786
External Source: MISC
Name: http://aviv.raffon.net/2007/09/25/ReadyAIMFire.aspx