CVE-2008-5984 - Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python plugin in Dia 0.96.1, and possibly other versions,

CVE-2008-5984

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python plugin in Dia 0.96.1, 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

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.96.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.96.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.9 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:33)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

bid	33448
confirm	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504251 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481551
fedora	FEDORA-2009-1057
mandriva	MDVSA-2009:040 MDVSA-2009:046
mlist	[oss-security] 20090126 CVE request -- Python < 2.6 PySys_SetArgv issues (epiphany, csound, dia, eog, gedit, xchat, vim, nautilus-python, Gnumeric)
secunia	33672 33703
xf	dia-pysyssetargv-privilege-escalation(48262)

Last major update

08-08-2017 - 01:33

Published

28-01-2009 - 11:30

Last modified

08-08-2017 - 01:33