Description
In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- NetApp / active_iq_unified_manager
- NetApp / ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
- Python / python3.11.0 – 3.11.0
- Python / python3.11.0 – 3.11.0
- Python / python3.7.12
- Python / python3.11.0 – 3.11.0
- Python / python3.11.0 – 3.11.0
- Python / python3.11.0 – 3.11.0
- Python / python3.11.0 – 3.11.0
Updated 15m ago · 8 sources