CVE-2019-13404 (GCVE-0-2019-13404)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-07-08 00:54
Modified
2024-08-04 23:49
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The MSI installer for Python through 2.7.16 on Windows defaults to the C:\Python27 directory, which makes it easier for local users to deploy Trojan horse code. (This also affects old 3.x releases before 3.5.) NOTE: the vendor's position is that it is the user's responsibility to ensure C:\Python27 access control or choose a different directory, because backwards compatibility requires that C:\Python27 remain the default for 2.7.x
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