CVE-2005-3149

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.

Published: 2005-10-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3149 is rated Low Risk (30.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3149

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.10% 0.41% +0.31%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.10% +0.06%
3 2024-12-17 0.04%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3149

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3149

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3149

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-3149 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (uim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3149
gentoo normal CVE-2005-3149: 1 GLSA(s) (200510-03), 1 atom(s) (app-i18n/uim); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3149
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3149 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (uim), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3149

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3149

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
uim uim <= 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:uim:uim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3149

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