🛡️ CVE-2013-1888 — pip

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

Description

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in pip

pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

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.

Weakness class

CVE-2013-1888 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-2013-1888 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pip (fixed in 1.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 14 October 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

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 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-10-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pip — 1.3

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