Executive brief
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.
Affected products
- PyPI pip
Junglewise Threat Intelligence
CVE-2013-1888: PYSEC-2013-9 - 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.
CVE-2013-1888 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2013-08-17
Technologies: pip (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.
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