Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5987 First vendor Publication 2009-01-28
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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).

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5987

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-15 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200904-06 (eog)
File : nvt/glsa_200904_06.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:063 (eog)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_063.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53373 Python PySys_SetArgv API Function Search Path Subversion Local Privilege Esca...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-01-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-063.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200904-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

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

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