Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5501 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in AOL 9.0

CVSS 7.5 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

PARTIAL

Integrity impact

PARTIAL

Availability impact

PARTIAL

network

low complexity

aol

NVD

Published: 2006-10-25

Updated: 2017-07-20

Summary

Buffer overflow in the AOL.PicDownloadCtrl.1 ActiveX control (YGPPicDownload.dll) 9.2.3.0 in America Online (AOL) 9.0 Security Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the downloadFileDirectory property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5502. Users of the affected products are recommended to log in to the AOL service and a fix will be seamlessly applied to their system.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Aol AOL AOL 9.0	1

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=430
http://secunia.com/advisories/22567
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017121
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20745
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4197
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29797