CVE-2008-5985

Description

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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363

http://secunia.com/advisories/34187

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33441

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2