Vulnerability CVE-2008-5985
Published: 2009-01-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Gnome -> Epiphany 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33441
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/34187
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363
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