CVE-2009-3894

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    CVE-2009-3894

    Published: 29 Nov 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in dstat before 0.7.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Python module in (1) the current working directory or (2) a certain subdirectory of the current working directory.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/37445, http://secunia.com/advisories/37457, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-04.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:341, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37131, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=538459, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293497, http://osvdb.org/60511, http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/tools/dstat/ChangeLog, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1619.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8969

    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