{"id":"CVE-2011-2765","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-2765","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:43.577Z","title":"pyro before 3.15 unsafely handles pid files in temporary directory locations and opening the pid file as root.","description":"pyro before 3.15 unsafely handles pid files in temporary directory locations and opening the pid file as root. An attacker can use this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files via symlinks.","published":"2018-08-20T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:31:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["pyro project/pyro"],"epss":{"score":0.02207,"percentile":0.82448,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/631912","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/irmen/Pyro3/commit/554e095a62c4412c91f981e72fd34a936ac2bf1e","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/12-changes.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/631912","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/irmen/Pyro3/commit/554e095a62c4412c91f981e72fd34a936ac2bf1e","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/12-changes.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2765","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}