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CVE-2009-1355

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in muxatmd in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long filename.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/muxatmd_advisory.asc
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=784
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34662
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48495
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48496
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48499
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48500
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48501
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48502
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48561
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ48562
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34543

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