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CVE-2005-1632
Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local…
High7.2EPSS 0.44%
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- mitre
Description
Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIcheetahGHSA-vxf2-7rc3-pxmx (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- 15386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 16622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vxf2-7rc3-pxmx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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