CVE-2008-4394
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Portage before 2.1.4.5 include the current working directory in the Python search path, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified Python module that is loaded by the (1)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Portage before 2.1.4.5 include the current working directory in the Python search path, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified Python module that is loaded by the (1) ys-apps/portage, (2) net-mail/fetchmail, (3) app-editors/leo ebuilds, and other ebuilds.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gentoo/portage
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32228Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200810-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31670
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45792
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32228Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200810-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31670
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45792
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.