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CVE-2011-4617

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Date: December 30, 2011

virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.

Language: Python

Severity Score

2.9

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/47240

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-4617

Severity Score

2.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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