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/.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
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http://secunia.com/advisories/15386
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
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http://www.osvdb.org/16622
Scores
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
35.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
pypi/cheetah
0.9.15PyPI
tavis_rudd/cheetah
0.9.15
tavis_rudd/cheetah
0.9.16
Published
May 17, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026