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🛡️ CVE-2011-4617 — virtualenv

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/

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 this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this 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

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2011-4617 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2011-4617 is recorded against 1 package.

  • virtualenv (fixed in 1.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 18 November 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
bitbucket.org (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
web.archive.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
openwall.com (Web)
openwall.com (Web)
openwall.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

virtualenv has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-59: Link Following) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS 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
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-11-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
virtualenv — 1.5

References

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