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CVE-2013-1888

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1888 describes a local arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in pip versions prior to 1.3, affecting products like Fedora and pypa pip. An attacker could exploit this by using a symlink attack within the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access and low attack complexity are required, with potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pipFixed in: 1.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vvmedium

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in pip

May 13, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / pypa/pip/issues/725
Third Party Advisory
github.com / pypa/pip/pull/734/files
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / pypa/pip/pull/780/files
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory