CVE-2009-3518

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the iim: URI handler in IBMIM.exe in IBM Installation Manager 1.3.2 and earlier, as used in IBM Rational Robot and Rational Team Concert, allows remote attackers to load arbitrary DLL files via the -vm option, as demonstrated by a reference to a UNC share pathname.

Affected products

IBM Installation Manager: through 1.3.2; 1.0, 1.2.1, 1.3.0, 1.3.1

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_ibm_uri.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36906
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2792
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_ibm_uri.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36906
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2792

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