FKIE_CVE-2008-5984
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-01-28 11:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:01
Severity
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python plugin in Dia 0.96.1, 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).
References
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