CVE-2008-5983

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later vers

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.00118

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path

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Affected Products & Versions

python< 2.6.6
python>= 3.1.0 and < 3.1.3
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighPython Reverse Shell Execution Via PTY And Socket Modules

producthighInline Python Execution - Spawn Shell Via OS System Library

producthighPython One-Liners with Base64 Decoding - Linux

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel

producthighPython One-Liners with Base64 Decoding

producthighPython Spawning Pretty TTY on Windows

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producthighCredential Dumping Activity By Python Based Tool

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel - Registry

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Scoring & Timeline

6.9

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD28 Jan 2009 · 02:30 AM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10234-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10444-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:4619-1
usnUSN-1616-1
usnUSN-1613-2
Show all 8 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-1613-1
usnUSN-1596-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:0027Low

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34522Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/40194Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/42888Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/50858Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/51024Not Applicable

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http://secunia.com/advisories/51040Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/51087Not Applicable

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html

http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.htmlBroken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448Permissions Required

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122Permissions Required

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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