Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1245 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2013-3368 1 Bestpractical 1 Rt 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
bin/rt in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with predictable name.
CVE-2010-3847 1 Gnu 1 Glibc 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory.
CVE-2013-1444 2 Debian, Marc Vertes 2 Txt2man, Txt2man 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.
CVE-2011-2722 1 Hp 1 Linux Imaging And Printing Project 2025-04-11 1.2 LOW N/A
The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.
CVE-2011-0012 2 Mozilla, Redhat 2 Firefox, Spice-xpi 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The SPICE Firefox plug-in (spice-xpi) 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, and possibly other versions allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the usbrdrctl log file, which has a predictable name.
CVE-2014-1624 1 Python 1 Pyxdg 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.
CVE-2010-2431 1 Apple 1 Cups 2025-04-11 2.6 LOW N/A
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
CVE-2014-1640 1 Debian 1 Axiom 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
axiom-test.sh in axiom 20100701-1.1 uses tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.
CVE-2011-4105 1 Robert Ancell 1 Lightdm 2025-04-11 1.9 LOW N/A
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
CVE-2011-0727 1 Gnome 1 Gdm 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.
CVE-2010-2056 1 Gnu 1 Gv 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2020-0683 1 Microsoft 17 Windows 10 1507, Windows 10 1607, Windows 10 1709 and 14 more 2025-04-10 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0686.
CVE-2022-36943 1 Ssziparchive Project 1 Ssziparchive 2025-04-10 N/A 8.1 HIGH
SSZipArchive versions 2.5.3 and older contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability due to lack of sanitization on paths which are symlinks. SSZipArchive will overwrite files on the filesystem when opening a malicious ZIP containing a symlink as the first item.
CVE-2025-27727 2025-04-09 N/A 7.8 HIGH
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVE-2025-21204 2025-04-09 N/A 7.8 HIGH
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows Update Stack allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVE-2022-38482 1 Mega 1 Hopex 2025-04-09 N/A 4.3 MEDIUM
A link-manipulation issue was discovered in Mega HOPEX 15.2.0.6110 before V5CP4.
CVE-2008-7247 2 Mysql, Oracle 2 Mysql, Mysql 2025-04-09 6.0 MEDIUM N/A
sql/sql_table.cc in MySQL 5.0.x through 5.0.88, 5.1.x through 5.1.41, and 6.0 before 6.0.9-alpha, when the data home directory contains a symlink to a different filesystem, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by calling CREATE TABLE with a (1) DATA DIRECTORY or (2) INDEX DIRECTORY argument referring to a subdirectory that requires following this symlink.
CVE-2008-3524 1 Redhat 2 Fedora, Initscripts 2025-04-09 4.7 MEDIUM N/A
rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.
CVE-2008-4940 1 Aptoncd 1 Aptoncd 2025-04-09 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
xmlfile.py in aptoncd 0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/aptoncd temporary file.
CVE-2008-5299 1 Karakas-online 1 Chm2pdf 2025-04-09 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.