CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in uim 0.5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 10/04/2005. The weakness was disclosed 10/05/2005 by ASAN (Website). The advisory is shared at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3149 since 10/05/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20436 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : uim (MDKSA-2005:198)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22513) and Tenable (20436).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20436
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : uim (MDKSA-2005:198)
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OpenVAS ID: 55873
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 895-1 (uim)
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Sources
Advisory: gentoo.orgResearcher: ASAN
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3149 (🔍)
X-Force: 22513
SecurityTracker: 1015002
Vulnerability Center: 17488 - MoinMoin Uim Environment Variable Vulnerability Allows Local Privilege Escalation, Low
SecurityFocus: 15007 - UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness
Secunia: 17043
OSVDB: 19741 - UIM - LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness
Vupen: ADV-2005-1946
Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 08/04/2019 11:28
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (70), 08/04/2019 11:28 (13)
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