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CVE-2013-1888 (GCVE-0-2013-1888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-08-16 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2013-03-20 00:00
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