CVE-2015-5652

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17

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."

Affected products

Python: through 3.5.0

References

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

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