CVE-2012-5659
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-5659 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-03-12 23:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Untrusted search path vulnerability in plugins/abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache.c in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to load and execute arbitrary Python modules by modifying the PYTHONPATH environment variable to reference a malicious Python module. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.4.980 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.4.981 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Bug 854011 – CVE-2012-5659 abrt: Arbitrary Python code execution due improper sanitization of the PYTHONPATH environment variable by installing debuginfo packages into cache | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.fedorahosted.org | Exploit, Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.