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CVE-2013-1888

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-1888 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from pypa, from fedoraproject organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-08-17T06:54:57.357

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	pypa	pip	< 1.3	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	17	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	18	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	19	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For pypa's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.