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CVE-2005-4272

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) muxatmd and (2) slocal.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.1l, 5.2, 5.2.2, 5.2_l, 5.3 (+1)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18088
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015366
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015367
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78221&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78222&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78223&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78224&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78225&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78226&apar=only
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419577/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15878
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15879

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