CVE-2008-5987 | BDVDB-2026-34529 Detail

Description#

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Eye of GNOME (eog) 2.22.3, 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).

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504352
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33443
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481553

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12009-01-28Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.