CVE-2005-3149 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting improper handling of the LIBUIM_VANILLA environment variable in suid/sgid applications linked to libuim.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3149?
CVE-2005-3149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3149?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uim Uim.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3149?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-3149 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3149 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3149, DSA-895-1, DTSA-22-1, GHSA-jmr8-f36w-9vrj.