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CVE-2019-13404 (GCVE-0-2019-13404)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-08 00:54 – Updated: 2024-08-04 23:49 Disputed
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Summary
The MSI installer for Python through 2.7.16 on Windows defaults to the C:\Python27 directory, which makes it easier for local users to deploy Trojan horse code. (This also affects old 3.x releases before 3.5.) NOTE: the vendor's position is that it is the user's responsibility to ensure C:\Python27 access control or choose a different directory, because backwards compatibility requires that C:\Python27 remain the default for 2.7.x
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://docs.python.org/2/faq/windows.html x_refsource_MISC
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