CVE-2015-5652

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileg

Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse readline.pyd file in the current working directory. NOTE: the vendor says "It was determined that this is a longtime behavior of Python that cannot really be altered at this point.".

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00147

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules15 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

python<= 3.5.0

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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.

productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution

productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry

producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication

producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID

producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic

producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging

Show all 15 top matchesproducthighTamper Windows Defender - ScriptBlockLogging
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
producthighCredential Dumping Activity By Python Based Tool
producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel - Registry

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Scoring & Timeline

7.2

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · vultures@jpcert.or.jp

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD06 Oct 2015 · 01:59 AM

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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://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.htmlVendor Advisory

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.htmlVendor Advisory

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755

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