CVE-2011-4617
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
6.2
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.04%
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/.
How to fix CVE-2011-4617
To remediate CVE-2011-4617, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/python-virtualenv—upgrade to 1.6-1 or later
- PyPI/virtualenv—upgrade to 1.5 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5 or later
Is CVE-2011-4617 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.6-1
- from 0, < 1.5
- from 0, < 1.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |