Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting evolution package, versions [,2.22.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EVOLUTION-2370002
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Jan 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Jan 2009

CVE-2008-5985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for evolution.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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 Base Scores

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