CVE-2015-5652

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse readline.pyd file in the current working directory. NOTE: the vendor says "It was determined that this is a longtime behavior of Python that cannot really be altered at this point."

References

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.html

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS