PT-2012-6128 · Aol · Aol Instant Messenger

Published 2012-11-04 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5816

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 1.0.1.2

Description The issue arises from the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Recommendations For AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 1.0.1.2, consider disabling SSL connections until a patch is available that properly verifies server hostnames against certificate details.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5816

Affected Products

Aol Instant Messenger

References · 3

• 🔥 http://cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5816 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79935 · Note