CVE-2015-5652
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.2
7.2CVSS HIGH
Summary
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."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.htmlAdvisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.htmlAdvisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.htmlAdvisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.htmlAdvisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755