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Unscored CVE-2015-5652 EUVD-2015-5603GHSA-54x8-9249-g4m3

Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan hor…

Published Oct 5, 2015 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by jpcert

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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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