CVE-2011-4617
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
02 Description
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-12-31 01:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-11-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a4493fc888d912c5ae772e39beee1ffa25e4217623cf0076eb03ce0ee84a9237
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com47240http://secunia.com/advisories/47240
- bitbucket.orghttps://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20111219 Re: CVE id request: python-virtualenvhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20111219 CVE id request: python-virtualenvhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-17289http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-17341http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20111219 Re: CVE id request: python-virtualenvhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- python-virtualenv Fixed in 1.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- python-virtualenv Fixed in 1.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-virtualenv Fixed in 1.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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