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CVE-2008-5983

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Published: Jan 28, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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6.9
Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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 (7)

Python
1 product
Python
Fedoraproject
1 product
Fedora
Canonical
1 product
Ubuntu Linux
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Python
Python
Before 2.6.6
Python
From 3.1.0 to 3.1.3
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Fedora
Version 13
Configuration C
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux
Version 10.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 11.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 11.10
Ubuntu Linux
Version 8.04

Related CWEs

CWE-426
Untrusted Search Path
The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

References (46)

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Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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