PT-2001-2431 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+1

Published 2001-08-17 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2001-1305

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ICQ versions 2001a Alpha and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to automatically add arbitrary UINs to an ICQ user's contact list. This is achieved via a URL to a web page with a Content-Type of application/x-icq, which is processed by Internet Explorer.

Recommendations: For ICQ versions 2001a Alpha and earlier, consider restricting access to the contact list feature until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using Internet Explorer to access ICQ web pages that may contain malicious Content-Type headers. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1305

Affected Products

Icq

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7028.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1305 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3226 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99851887024728&w=2 · Note