CVE-2011-4617

lowpriority · track · 5EPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.31% (24th) EPSS

CVSS 1.2 · low

Is it mine?

29 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1–6.2

v2.01.2lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 2.9

v2.01lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59US

affected products (29)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
python virtualenv≤ 1.4.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 0.9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python virtualenv= 1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2cVirtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
PYSEC-2011-232011-12-31vendor · osvUS
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.

also known as (5)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2011-12-31modified 2026-06-16

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references (14)

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