Privilege Escalation

PyInstaller is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The vulnerability is due to the bootstrap process appending a special entry to sys.path and attempting to load an optional bytecode-decryption module while that entry is present, which allows an attacker who can create files/directories next to t...

CVE-2025-59042 PyInstaller has local privilege escalation vulnerability

PyInstaller bundles a Python application and all its dependencies into a single package. Due to a special entry being appended to sys.path during the bootstrap process of a PyInstaller-frozen application, and due to the bootstrap script attempting to load an optional module for bytecode decryptio...

The vulnerability of the AppInit_DLLs parameter in the Akord-Win64 information protection tool allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the AppInitDLLs parameter in the Accord-Win64 information protection tool is related to deficiencies in the mechanism for calling system libraries. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted DLL library, by placing i...