CVE-2008-5983
python: untrusted python modules search path
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Una vulnerabilidad de ruta de búsqueda no confiable en la función API PySys_SetArgv en Python versión 2.6 y anteriores, y posiblemente versiones posteriores, antepone una cadena vacía al archivo sys.path cuando el argumento argv [0] no contiene un separador de ruta, lo que podría permitir a los usuarios locales ejecutar código arbitrario por medio de un archivo Python de tipo caballo de Troya en el directorio de trabajo actual.
*Credits:
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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Timeline
- 2009-01-27 CVE Reserved
- 2009-01-28 CVE Published
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path
CAPEC
References (22)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| 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 | Not Applicable | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 | Not Applicable | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 | Not Applicable | |
| http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html | Mailing List |
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| http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html | Broken Link | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2 | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814 | 2011-01-13 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5983 | 2011-01-13 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Python Search vendor "Python" | Python Search vendor "Python" for product "Python" | < 2.6.6 Search vendor "Python" for product "Python" and version " < 2.6.6" | - |
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| Python Search vendor "Python" | Python Search vendor "Python" for product "Python" | >= 3.1.0 < 3.1.3 Search vendor "Python" for product "Python" and version " >= 3.1.0 < 3.1.3" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 13 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "13" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 8.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.04" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 11.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.04" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 11.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.10" | - |
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