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This project will be discontinued after December 13, 2021. [more]
2019-07-08
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 vendor's position is that it is the user's 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
Products | Python |
Type | Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties (CWE-552) |
First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
Links | https://docs.python.org/2/faq/windows.html |