CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-3149

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Uim 0.4.x before 0.4.9.1 and 0.5.0 and earlier does not properly handle the LIBUIM_VANILLA environment variable when a suid or sgid application is linked to libuim, such as immodule for Qt, which allows local users to gain privileges.

How to fix

Remediation Available
uimDebian
Fixed in:1:0.4.7-2CVE-2005-3149
Fixed in:1:0.4.7-2CVE-2005-3149
Fixed in:1:0.4.7-2CVE-2005-3149
Fixed in:1:0.4.7-2CVE-2005-3149

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days
33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

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