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CVE-2005-4272

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4272 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in IBM AIX versions 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, specifically within the muxatmd and slocal components. This critical vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating that unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary code with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its high severity and potential for remote exploitation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1lCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2_lCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2_l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0899 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18088
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
securityfocus.com / archive/1/419577/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15878
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/15879
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2947