CVE-2009-0314

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in gedit 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).

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-426

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569214Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33759Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33769Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34522Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:039Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481556Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48271Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01195.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569214Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33759Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33769Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34522Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:039Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481556Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48271Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01195.htmlThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 28, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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