CVE-2008-5985 Affecting epiphany-browser package, versions <2.22.3-7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-EPIPHANYBROWSER-277202
  • published 28 Jan 2009
  • disclosed 28 Jan 2009

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 epiphany-browser to version 2.22.3-7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream epiphany-browser package and not the epiphany-browser package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 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).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High