CVE-2008-5985
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5985
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-5985.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-5985
- Downstream
- Published
- 2009-01-28T11:30:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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).
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/34187
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33441