CVE-2008-5985

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    CVE-2008-5985

    Published: 28 Jan 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34187, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33441

    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
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