CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-1000117

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2018-03-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-03-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Description

Python Software Foundation CPython version From 3.2 until 3.6.4 on Windows contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in os.symlink() function on Windows that can result in Arbitrary code execution, likely escalation of privilege. This attack appears to be exploitable via a python script that creates a symlink with an attacker controlled name or location. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.7.0 and 3.6.5.

Affected configurations

• python python (>= 3.2.0 < 3.4.9) • python python (>= 3.5.0 < 3.5.6) • python python (>= 3.6.0 < 3.6.5) • python python 3.7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References