CVE-2005-1632

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    CVE-2005-1632

    Published: 17 May 2005Last Modified: 6 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/15386, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542, http://www.osvdb.org/16622

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High