Description
Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15386Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/16622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15386Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/16622
Timeline
- Published
- May 17, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified