VDB
CVE-2008-5984
CVE-2008-5984
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python plugin in Dia 0.96.1, 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).
EPSS 0.07% · 20.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.07%
20.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
| dia | dia | 0.96.1 |
Timeline
- Jan 28, 2009 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33703 technical
- FEDORA-2009-1057 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090126 CVE request -- Python < 2.6 PySys_SetArgv issues (epiphany, csound, dia, eog, gedit, xchat, vim, nautilus-python, Gnumeric) mailing-list
- MDVSA-2009:046 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504251 url
- MDVSA-2009:040 vendor-advisory
- 33448 vdb
- 33672 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481551 url
- dia-pysyssetargv-privilege-escalation(48262) vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5984 advisory