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."
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5603 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."
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:03.623Z

Reserved: 2015-07-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5652

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-10-06T01:59:27.250

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5652

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