Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/
Published May 17, 2005
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
Cheetah 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 searches the /tmp directory for modules before using the paths in the PYTHONPATH variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module in /tmp/.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.9.15
- 0.9.16
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 35.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00433) | 34.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 14.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 75.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 4, 2023 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 75.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 73.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.59% (0.01592) | 52.35th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15386 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/16622 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxf2-7rc3-pxmx Advisory
- https://github.com/cheetahtemplate/cheetah
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1632
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050430021153/http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15386 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/16622 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxf2-7rc3-pxmx | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/cheetahtemplate/cheetah | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1632 | ||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20050430021153/http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7070332&forum_id=1542 |
Change history (0)
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