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CVE-2011-4617
medium
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/.
References
https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
http://secunia.com/advisories/47240
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html
Details
Published: 2011-12-31
Updated: 2026-06-16
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 1.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Low
CVSS v3
Base Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: Medium
CVSS v4
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS
EPSS: 0.00051