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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- UIM
- Published
- 2/21/2005
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
uim : uimmandrakesoft : mandrake_linuxmandrakesoft : mandrake_linux
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