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CVE-2008-5983

N/A
Published: January 28, 2009 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxPython

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
10.0411.0411.108.04
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
13
Python· Python
95%
v < 2.6.63.1.0 ≤ v < 3.1.3
Affected range stops below 2.6.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (23)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/40194
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426

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