CVE-2005-2597 — AOL Client Software 9.0 uses insecure permissions for its installation path, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by replacing ACSD.exe with a malicious program

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AOL Client Software 9.0 uses insecure permissions for its installation path, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by replacing ACSD.exe with a malicious program

Published Aug 17, 2005

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.39%

Description

AOL Client Software 9.0 uses insecure permissions for its installation path, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by replacing ACSD.exe with a malicious program.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.39% 0.00385

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00385

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.39% (0.00385)	30.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.39% (0.00385)	30.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00044)	10.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 4, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	73.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	52.35th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2005-08/0009.html
mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14530
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24324
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2005-08/0009.html		mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14530		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24324		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 17, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 17, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2597

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2597

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2597