What is CVE-2010-4817?

CVE-2010-4817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pithos, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2010-4817?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pithos

CVE-2010-4817

pithos before 0.3.5 allows overwrite of arbitrary files via symlinks.

Published 2019-11-13 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pithos — versions before 0.3.5
Pithos Project
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4817 (Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4817 (Broken Link)
people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2010/CVE-2010-4817.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/10 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.launchpad.net/pithos/+bug/667896 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4817?: CVE-2010-4817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pithos, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2010-4817?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.