CVE-2008-5985
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 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).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5955)
- Published
- January 28, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5955 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / epiphany
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34187
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33441
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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