VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5652

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-10-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

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