CVE-2008-5987 (GCVE-0-2008-5987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-28 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
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Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Eye of GNOME (eog) 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).
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CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2008-11-02 00:00
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