CVE-2013-4482 (GCVE-0-2013-4482)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-11-23 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in python-paste-script (aka paster) in Luci 0.26.0, when started using the initscript, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse .egg-info file in the (1) current working directory or (2) its parent directories.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 977 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1603.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990321 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2013-11-20 00:00
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