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CVE-2007-3833 (GCVE-0-2007-3833)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-17 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:28
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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