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CVE-2005-0503
uim before 0.4.5.1 trusts certain environment variables when libUIM is used in setuid or setgid applications, which allows local users to…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.36%
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Description
uim before 0.4.5.1 trusts certain environment variables when libUIM is used in setuid or setgid applications, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- [uim] 20050220 uim 0.4.5.1 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 12604 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 13981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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