Unscored severity · published Jan 28, 2009
CVE-2008-5983
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]…
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CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
13 · source: NVD
PY
Python · Python
before 2.6.6; 3.1.0 before 3.1.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
8.04; 10.04; 11.04; 11.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5983
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5983
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/40194
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
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