CVE-2015-5652 Affecting python package, versions [,3.5.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-2317663
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed6 Oct 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-5652  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade python to version 3.5.1 or higher.

Overview

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."

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1