CVE-2015-5652
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- python/python
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.