High severity · published Nov 4, 2019
CVE-2013-4251
The scipy.weave component in SciPy before 0.12.1 creates insecure temporary directories
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The scipy.weave component in SciPy before 0.12.1 creates insecure temporary directories.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
18; 19; 20 · source: NVD
SC
Scipy · Scipy
before 0.12.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4251
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4251
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120696.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119759.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119771.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63008
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4251
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4251
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