AOL Instant Messenger Security Leak !
Posted by: [NT] on: 01/02/2002 06:56 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 315 views
Heise.de reports that the w00w00 Security Developement found an security leak in the AOL Messenger v4.7.2480 and the beta version 4.8.2616.
Here�s a scoop:
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has a major security vulnerability in the latest stable (4.7.2480) and beta (4.8.2616) Windows versions. This vulnerability will allow remote penetration of the victim's system without any indication as to who performed the attack. There is no opportunity to refuse the request. This does not affect the non-Windows versions, because the non-Windows versions currently do not yet support the feature that this vulnerability occurs in. Read more over here German translation available over here
Here�s a scoop:
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has a major security vulnerability in the latest stable (4.7.2480) and beta (4.8.2616) Windows versions. This vulnerability will allow remote penetration of the victim's system without any indication as to who performed the attack. There is no opportunity to refuse the request. This does not affect the non-Windows versions, because the non-Windows versions currently do not yet support the feature that this vulnerability occurs in. Read more over here German translation available over here
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