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Vulnerability details: VCID-xdsh-83s2-wyd6
Vulnerability ID VCID-xdsh-83s2-wyd6
Aliases CVE-2011-1521
Summary urllib2): Improper management of ftp:// and file:// URL schemes (Issue #11662)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.8
Risk 2.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
Reference id Reference type URL
http://bugs.python.org/issue11662
http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/96a6c128822b/Misc/NEWS
http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/b2934d98dac1/Misc/NEWS
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/96a6c128822b/
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b2934d98dac1/
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/24/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/15/5
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-1521.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1521
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1521
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025488
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:096
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
690560 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690560
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CVE-2011-1521 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1521
RHSA-2011:0491 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0491
RHSA-2011:0492 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0492
RHSA-2011:0554 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0554
USN-1314-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1314-1/
USN-1592-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1592-1/
USN-1596-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1596-1/
USN-1613-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1613-1/
USN-1613-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1613-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1521
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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not_defined

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adjacent_network

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multiple

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.80421
EPSS Score 0.01407
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:56:41.589108+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-1521.json 38.0.0