CVE-2005-2597 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in AOL Client Software 9.0. Due to insecure permissions on its installation path, a local attacker can replace the ACSD.exe executable with a malicious program, leading to arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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