Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-4617

Title: Python Virtualenv

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-4617.

CWE Category CWE-59
Published Date Dec 31, 2011
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 1.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.32%

Vulnerability Summary

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/.

Impacted Vendors

P
python 1
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virtualenv 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5 http://secunia.com/advisories/47240 https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5 http://secunia.com/advisories/47240 https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
1.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-4617 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.