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CVE-2015-5652
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-10-06T01:59:27.250 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:29:32.473

Summary

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 — python

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References

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