National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4901

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.

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External Source: BID

Name: 25659

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25659

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070925 RE: CORE-2007-0817: Remote Command execution, HTML and JavaScript injection vulnerabilities in AOL's Instant Messaging software

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/480647/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070925 CORE-2007-0817: Remote Command execution, HTML and JavaScript injection vulnerabilities in AOL's Instant Messaging software

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/480587/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070914 AIM Local File Display in Notification Window

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/479435/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070912 AIM Arbitrary HTML Display in Notification Window

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/479199/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=1924

Hyperlink:http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=1924

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3136

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3136

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26786

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26786

External Source: MISC

Name: http://aviv.raffon.net/2007/09/25/ReadyAIMFire.aspx

Hyperlink:http://aviv.raffon.net/2007/09/25/ReadyAIMFire.aspx