CVE-2008-5983
CVSS V2 Medium 6.9
CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2008-5983
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2009-01-28T02:30:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-07-05T18:57:02
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 2.6.6 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 3.1.0 | 3.1.3 |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 6.9
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.4
- Impact Score
- 10
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5983 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 10:45:21 | Added to TrackCVE |