CVE-2008-5983
"Python Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability"
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 28, 2009, 2:30 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5983
vulnerability.
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CVE-2008-5983 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg586010.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 05, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34522 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/34522 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/40194 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/40194 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/42888 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/42888 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/50858 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/50858 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg586010.html No Types Assigned http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg586010.html Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html No Types Assigned http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE NIST CWE-426 Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.6 *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1.0 up to (excluding) 3.1.3 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 28, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-5983 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-5983
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.01%
score
0.21849
percentile