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PYSEC-2011-23
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2011-12-31 01:55 - Updated: 2021-08-27 03:22
VLAI
Details
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 products
| Name | purl | virtualenv | pkg:pypi/virtualenv |
|---|
Aliases
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "virtualenv",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.8",
"0.8.1",
"0.8.2",
"0.8.3",
"0.8.4",
"0.9",
"0.9.1",
"0.9.2",
"1.0",
"1.1",
"1.2",
"1.3",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.3",
"1.3.4",
"1.4",
"1.4.1",
"1.4.2",
"1.4.3",
"1.4.4",
"1.4.5",
"1.4.6",
"1.4.7",
"1.4.8",
"1.4.9",
"1.4rc1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-4617",
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c"
],
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "PYSEC-2011-23",
"modified": "2021-08-27T03:22:49.873439Z",
"published": "2011-12-31T01:55:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/47240"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c"
}
]
}
BREW-CHARM-TOOLS-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:39 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:46 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.39.1",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "charm-tools",
"purl": "pkg:brew/charm-tools"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.0.9"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.39.1",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "20.39.1"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-charm-tools-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:46:28Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:39:06Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "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",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-PIPENV-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:28 – Updated: 2026-10-12 09:39 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.6",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "pipenv",
"purl": "pkg:brew/pipenv"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2026.7.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.6",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.14.6"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-pipenv-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-10-12T09:39:46Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:28:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "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",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-PRE-COMMIT-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:28 – Updated: 2026-10-14 09:38 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.7",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "pre-commit",
"purl": "pkg:brew/pre-commit"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.6.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.7",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.14.7"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-pre-commit-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-10-14T09:38:07Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:28:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "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",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-TOX-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:44 – Updated: 2026-10-14 08:58 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.7",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "tox",
"purl": "pkg:brew/tox"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.59.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.7",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.14.7"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-tox-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-10-14T08:58:25Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:44:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "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",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-VIRTUALENV-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:46 – Updated: 2026-10-13 09:18 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "virtualenv",
"purl": "pkg:brew/virtualenv"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "21.7.4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.7",
"name": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.14.7"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/python-virtualenv",
"name": "python-virtualenv",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "GIT",
"key": "upstream:https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv",
"name": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "21.14.7"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.14.7",
"name": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "21.14.7"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-virtualenv-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-10-13T09:18:36Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:46:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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CVE-2011-4617 (GCVE-0-2011-4617)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-12-31 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47240 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2011-12-19 00:00
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GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:35 – Updated: 2024-11-18 23:01
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
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