Bug 995060 (CVE-2013-4245) - CVE-2013-4245 orca: Arbitrary code execution due to insecure CWD Python module load
Summary: CVE-2013-4245 orca: Arbitrary code execution due to insecure CWD Python modul...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2013-4245
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 995063
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Reported: 2013-08-08 13:32 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-05-31 05:18:45 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-08-08 13:32:00 UTC
A security flaw was found in the way Orca, a screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech and/or braille, used to load required Python language modules (existing Python module in current working directory with name matching some of the modules Orca required for its run was previously loaded and subsequently used). A local attacker, with ability to write into directory, the victim user was running Orca from, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Orca.

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-08-08 13:33:30 UTC
This issue was found by Murray McAllister of Red Hat Security Response Team.


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