MEDIUM
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
Published Oct 5, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.41% 0.00410
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00410
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00410) | 32.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00410) | 32.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00101) | 25.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331620 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001347.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17043 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17058 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17572 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015002 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-895 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15007 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1946 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1947 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 5, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 5, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3149
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a