CVE-2007-3833

critical

Description

The AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) protocol handler in Cerulean Studios Trillian allows remote attackers to create files with arbitrary contents via certain aim: URIs, as demonstrated by a URI that begins with the "aim: &c:\" substring and contains a full pathname in the ini field. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35449

http://www.xs-sniper.com/nmcfeters/Cross-App-Scripting-2.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2546

http://secunia.com/advisories/26086

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-07-17

Updated: 2017-07-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical