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Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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."

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 6, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2015-5652

GHSA ID

GHSA-54x8-9249-g4m3

Source code

No known source code

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