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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-0315
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in xchat...
Vulnerability Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in xchat 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).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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References
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Affected Vendor
xchat
View all reports →Affected Software
xchat
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 28th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.