What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-1591

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 adds free.aol.com to the Trusted Sites Zone in Internet Explorer without user approval, which could allow code from free.aol.com to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected products

• AOL Instant Messenger: 4.7.2480

References

• http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010927S0021
• http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/security/article.php/10818_1014151
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744139
• http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010927S0021
• http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/security/article.php/10818_1014151
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744139

Get alerted when CVE-2002-1591 or the next vulnerability affects your stack