CVE-2008-5983
MEDIUM 6.9
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.49 % · percentile 42 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separator, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path
References
- http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
- http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40194
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-5953
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-5983
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.6.6cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.1.0 < 3.1.3cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |