CVE-2009-0314 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module of gedit, affecting Fedora and GNOME products. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious Python file in the current working directory, leveraging a weakness related to the PySys_SetArgv function. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), the vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libpeas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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