CVE-2008-5985
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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).
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affected products (2)
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references (14)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34187enisa_euvd
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33441enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548enisa_euvd
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363nvd
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