Vulnerability in GNOME Libpeas
CVE-2009-0314
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in gedit 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).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Libpeas
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/33769 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48271 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01195.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33445 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/34522 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33759 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)