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CVE-2019-16784

7.8 highEPSS 0.7%

In PyInstaller before version 3.6, only on Windows, a local privilege escalation vulnerability is present in this particular case: If a software using PyInstaller in "onefile" mode is launched by a privileged user (at least more than the current one) which have his "TempPath" resolving to a world writable directory. This is the case for example if the software is launched as a service or as a scheduled task using a system account (TempPath will be C:\Windows\Temp). In order to be exploitable the software has to be (re)started after the attacker launch the exploit program, so for a service launched at startup, a service restart is needed (e.g. after a crash or an upgrade).

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 53% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-732, CWE-250
Published
Modified
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-7fcj-pq9j-wh2rPyPIpyinstaller<3.63.6
PYSEC-2020-175PyPIpyinstaller<3.63.6

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