CVE-2015-5652

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

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

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.htmlVendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.htmlVendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.htmlVendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.htmlVendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76929
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755

Timeline

Published: Oct 6, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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