CVE-2005-0503 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in uim before version 0.4.5.1, affecting Mandrake Linux and uim itself. The flaw allows local users to gain privileges by manipulating environment variables when libUIM is used in setuid or setgid applications. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has low attack complexity but could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:uim:uim:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.