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CVE-2002-1813

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1813 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 4.8.2790. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary programs on a user's system by embedding the program's path within the href attribute of a link. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, requiring user interaction for a partial impact on integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.7.2480CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.8.2616CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2616:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.8.2646CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2646:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.2938CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.0.2938:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21958 · Oct 22, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0687 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 1,505 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0319.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10441.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/6027
Exploit