Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5659
CVE-2012-5659
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in plugins/abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache.c in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to load and execute arbitrary Python modules by modifying the PYTHONPATH environment variable to reference a malicious Python module.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.9
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.980:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.4.981:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=2.0.9
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