CVE-2008-5986 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Csound 5.08.2, specifically within its VST plugins that utilize Python scripting. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious Python file in the current working directory, leveraging an issue related to the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983). With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact potential across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring medium attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.08.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:csound:csound:5.08.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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