Argument injection vulnerability in the iim: URI handler in IBMIM.exe in IBM Installation Manager 1.3.2 and earlier, as used in IBM Rationa…

published 2009-10-01 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3500

cvss: 9.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 5.5%; EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

Timeline

2009-09-29 First public exploit (EDB-9802)
2009-10-01 Published

Exploit prediction

5.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-9802 IBM Installation Manager 1.3.0 - 'iim://' URI handler remote, 2009-09-29
retrogod.altervista.org http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_ibm_uri.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

retrogod.altervista.org /9sg_ibm_uri.html
exploit
vupen.com /english/advisories/2009/2792
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/36906
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2009-3518
NVD CVE-2009-3518

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Summary