CVE-2008-5985 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2008-5985?

CVE-2008-5985 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5985?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnome Epiphany.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5985?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2008-5985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2018-12016 Denial of service in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2018-11396 Null dereference in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2017-1000025 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2010-3312 Security feature bypass in n/a Medium 5.8
• CVE-2005-0238 Other in n/a Medium 5.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5985, GHSA-5mj6-92x2-j3r9.