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CVE-2008-5985

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5985 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface of Epiphany 2.22.3 and potentially other versions. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious Python file in the current working directory, leveraging a weakness in the PySys_SetArgv function. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.22.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:2.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/34187
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
securityfocus.com / bid/33441