Remote Code Execution via SimpleXMLRPCServer Library in Python

CVE-2005-0089 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The SimpleXMLRPCServer library module in Python 2.2, 2.3 before 2.3.5, and 2.4, when used by XML-RPC servers that use the register_instance method to register an object without a _dispatch method, allows remote attackers to read or modify globals of the associated module, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via dotted attributes.

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