CVE-2011-4211

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The FakeFile implementation in the sandbox environment in the Google App Engine Python SDK before 1.5.4 does not properly control the opening of files, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary files via ALLOWED_MODES and ALLOWED_DIRS changes within the code parameter to _ah/admin/interactive/execute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1364.

The FakeFile implementation in the sandbox environment in the Google App Engine Python SDK before 1.5.4 does not properly control the opening of files, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary files via ALLOWED_MODES and ALLOWED_DIRS changes within the code parameter to _ah/admin/interactive/execute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1364.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Google App Engine Python SDK

First reported 13 years ago

2011-10-30 19:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:30:00

Affected Software

Google App Engine Python SDK 1.2.3

1.2.3

Google App Engine Python SDK 1.3.0

1.3.0

Google App Engine Python SDK 1.3.1

1.3.1

Google App Engine Python SDK 1.3.6

1.3.6

Google App Engine Python SDK 1.4.0

1.4.0

Google App Engine Python SDK 1.4.2

1.4.2

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