CVE-2009-3894

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3894
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-29 13:07:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in dstat before 0.7.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Python module in (1) the current working directory or (2) a certain subdirectory of the current working directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.1 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.2 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.3 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.4 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.10 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.2 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.3 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.4 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.5 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.6 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.7 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.8 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.5.9 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.0 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.1 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.2 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.3 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.4 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.5 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.6 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.7 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat 0.6.8 All All All
Application Dag.wieers Dstat All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dag Wieers Dstat 'sys.path' Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/tools/dstat/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.rpmforge.net
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- dstat: Untrusted search path af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/60511 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
538459 – (CVE-2009-3894) CVE-2009-3894 dstat insecure module search path af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:341 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for dstat - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Dstat Insecure Plugin Search Path Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Bug 293497 - <sys-apps/dstat-0.6.9-r1 Untrusted Search Path (CVE-2009-3894) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
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