AOL Instant Messanger - Buddy Icon Warn Exploit

[Josh Camacho <sfocus () ceromus com>]

AOL Instant Messanger - Buddy Icon Warn Exploit

"Discovered by Robbie Saunders, it allows you to warn somebody if they have a buddy icon, but they don't have to send 
you an Instant Message. This has to be done using a program though, it just sends the user an IM, but request's their 
buddy icon at the end of it, taking their rate limit away allowing you to warn them or just kill their rate limit all 
together."

Several programs have already implemented this exploit resulting in a quick attack to raise your warning level to 100% 
and crippling your communication through aol instant messanger.

Im sorry at this time I do not have the specifics, recommended action is of course to remove your buddy icon until this 
issue is resolved.