Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5983
CVE-2008-5983
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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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.6.6
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 3 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
23- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34522nvdNot Applicable
- secunia.com/advisories/40194nvdNot Applicable
- secunia.com/advisories/42888nvdNot Applicable
- secunia.com/advisories/50858nvdNot Applicable
- secunia.com/advisories/51024nvdNot Applicable
- secunia.com/advisories/51040nvdNot Applicable
- secunia.com/advisories/51087nvdNot Applicable
- www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448nvdPermissions Required
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122nvdPermissions Required
- www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.htmlnvd
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