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CVE-2009-3894 json

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in dstat before 0.7.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Python module…

published 2009-11-27 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3865

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in dstat before 0.7.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Python module in (1) the current working directory or (2) a certain subdirectory of the current working directory.

Patch / fix

  • dstat Debian 12 0.7.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3894

  • dstat RHEL 5 0.6.6-3.el5_4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1619

  • dool openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.4-2.1
  • dstat openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.7.3-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14878-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10001-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-3894 updated cvss 6.2

dstat insecure module search path

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) dstat 0.6.6-3.el5_4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) dstat 0.6.6-3.el5_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1619

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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