Vulnerability CVE-2005-0503
Published: 2005-02-21   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
UIM -> UIM 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux 

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