VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-4817
pithos before 0.3.5 allows overwrite of arbitrary files via symlinks.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
pithos before 0.3.5 allows overwrite of arbitrary files via symlinks.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- pithos project/pithos · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4817Broken Link
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/pithos/%2Bbug/667896Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2010/CVE-2010-4817.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4817Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4817Broken Link
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/pithos/%2Bbug/667896Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2010/CVE-2010-4817.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4817Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.