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CVE-2008-5983 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34522	CVE	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/40194	CVE	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888	CVE	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858	CVE	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024	CVE	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040	CVE	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087	CVE	Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html	CVE
http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122	CVE	Permissions Required
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34522	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/40194	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html	[email protected]
http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122	[email protected]	Permissions Required

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-426	Untrusted Search Path	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
python python	< 2.6.6 >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:python:python:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	13
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	8.04 10.04 11.04 11.10
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 5, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 28, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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