CVE-2005-1632

high

Description

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://www.osvdb.org/16622

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542

http://secunia.com/advisories/15386

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H