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title: "CVE-2015-5652\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-5652

Publication date 6 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0
on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse
readline.pyd file in the current working directory. NOTE: the vendor says
"It was determined that this is a longtime behavior of Python that cannot
really be altered at this point."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5652?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| python2.7 | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| python3.2 | 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| python3.4 | 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| python3.5 | 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

Windows only and upstream isn't going to fix, ignoring

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5652)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5652)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5652)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5652)

### Other references

* <http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000141>
* <http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/index.html>
* <http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49503705/995204/index.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5652>