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CVE-2005-0503

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-02-21 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 10.1
• Uim: 0.4.5

References

• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13981
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:046
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12604
• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13981
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:046
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12604

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