The MSI installer for Python through 2.7.16 on Windows defaults to the C:Python27 directory, which makes it easier for local users to deploy Trojan horse code. (This also affects old 3.x releases before 3.5.) NOTE: the vendors position is that it is the users responsibility to ensure C:Python27 access control or choose a different directory, because backwards compatibility requires that C:Python27 remain the default for 2.7.x
The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | Python | * | 2.7.16 (including) |
| Python | Python | 3.0.0 (including) | 3.5.0 (excluding) |
Web servers, FTP servers, and similar servers may store a set of files underneath a “root” directory that is accessible to the server’s users. Applications may store sensitive files underneath this root without also using access control to limit which users may request those files, if any. Alternately, an application might package multiple files or directories into an archive file (e.g., ZIP or tar), but the application might not exclude sensitive files that are underneath those directories. In cloud technologies and containers, this weakness might present itself in the form of misconfigured storage accounts that can be read or written by a public or anonymous user.