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CVE-2002-2169 Details

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.5 and 4.7 for MacOS and Windows allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities, such as adding buddies and groups to a user's buddy list, via a URL with a META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" tag to an aim: URL.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/282443	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9616.php	CVE
http://www.mindflip.org/aim.html	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5246	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/282443	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9616.php	[email protected]
http://www.mindflip.org/aim.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5246	[email protected]	ExploitPatch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
aol instant messenger	4.5 4.7 4.7.2480
CPE cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]