CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5652
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-10-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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."
Affected configurations
• python python (<= 3.5.0)
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.html Vendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.html Vendor Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929 www.securityfocus.com
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755 h20566.www2.hpe.com
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.html Vendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.html Vendor Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929 www.securityfocus.com
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755 h20566.www2.hpe.com