fkie_cve-2015-5652
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2015-10-06 01:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse readline.pyd file in the current working directory. NOTE: the vendor says "It was determined that this is a longtime behavior of Python that cannot really be altered at this point."
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
python python *
microsoft windows *



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