{
  "cveId": "CVE-2015-5652",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5652",
  "summary": "CVE-2015-5652 is fixed in Python 3.5 on 1 platform by Python 3.5 3.5.1 (version 3.5.1), released December 6, 2015. 1 other affected product has no fix yet. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "Python 2 and 1 other: Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0 on Windows allows local users\u2026",
  "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 \u0022It was determined that this is a longtime behavior of Python that cannot really be altered at this point.\u0022",
  "published": "2015-10-06T01:59:27Z",
  "severity": "",
  "cvss": 7.2,
  "epss": 0.0059,
  "epssPercentile": 0.48412,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5652",
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "windows-app",
      "product": "Python 3.5",
      "fixedVersion": "3.5.1",
      "fix": "Python 3.5 3.5.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/python.python.3.5-3.5.1",
      "released": "2015-12-06T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [
    {
      "platform": "Windows apps",
      "product": "Python 2",
      "status": "no-fix",
      "affectedVersion": "2.7.18150"
    }
  ],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T06:34:28Z"
}