Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1445 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2005-1880 1 Everybuddy 1 Everybuddy 2026-04-16 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
everybuddy 0.4.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.
CVE-2005-0587 1 Mozilla 2 Firefox, Mozilla 2026-04-16 2.6 LOW 6.5 MEDIUM
Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.
CVE-1999-1386 1 Perl 1 Perl 2026-04-16 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.
CVE-2002-2382 1 Cvsup 1 Cvsup 2026-04-16 7.2 HIGH N/A
cvsupd.sh in CVSup 1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on /var/tmp/cvsupd.out.
CVE-2005-0004 3 Debian, Mariadb, Oracle 3 Debian Linux, Mariadb, Mysql 2026-04-16 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
The mysqlaccess script in MySQL 4.0.23 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.10, 5.0.x before 5.0.3, and other versions including 3.x, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or read temporary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2001-1042 1 Transsoft 1 Broker Ftp Server 2026-04-16 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
Transsoft Broker 5.9.5.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and directories by uploading a .lnk (link) file that points to the target file.
CVE-2005-0824 1 Mathopd 1 Mathopd 2026-04-16 3.6 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.
CVE-2006-1247 1 Ibm 1 Aix 2026-04-16 3.3 LOW N/A
rm_mlcache_file in bos.rte.install in AIX 5.1.0 through 5.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2000-0715 2 Conectiva, Kirk Bauer 2 Linux, Diskcheck 2026-04-16 2.1 LOW N/A
DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2000-1178 1 Joseph Allen 1 Joe 2026-04-16 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
Joe text editor follows symbolic links when creating a rescue copy called DEADJOE during an abnormal exit, which allows local users to overwrite the files of other users whose joe session crashes.
CVE-2001-1386 1 Texasimperialsoftware 1 Wftpd 2026-04-16 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
WFTPD 3.00 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by uploading a (link) file that ends in a ".lnk." extension, which bypasses WFTPD's check for a ".lnk" extension.
CVE-2002-0725 1 Microsoft 2 Windows 2000, Windows Nt 2026-04-16 4.6 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
NTFS file system in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 SP2 allows local attackers to hide file usage activities via a hard link to the target file, which causes the link to be recorded in the audit trail instead of the target file.
CVE-2004-0217 2 Redhat, Symantec 2 Linux, Antivirus Scan Engine 2026-04-16 3.7 LOW 7.0 HIGH
The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.
CVE-1999-0794 1 Microsoft 2 Excel, Office 2026-04-16 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
Microsoft Excel does not warn a user when a macro is present in a Symbolic Link (SYLK) format file.
CVE-2002-0824 1 Freebsd 1 Point-to-point Protocol Daemon 2026-04-16 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
BSD pppd allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device.
CVE-2004-0967 1 Aladdin Enterprises 1 Ghostscript 2026-04-16 7.2 HIGH N/A
The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-1999-0981 1 Microsoft 1 Internet Explorer 2026-04-16 5.1 MEDIUM N/A
Internet Explorer 5.01 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via that window, aka "Server-side Page Reference Redirect."
CVE-2002-2323 1 Sun 1 Solaris Pc Netlink 2026-04-16 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
Sun PC NetLink 1.0 through 1.2 does not properly set the access control list (ACL) for files and directories that use symbolic links and have been restored from backup, which could allow local or remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2002-0793 1 Blackberry 1 Qnx Neutrino Real-time Operating System 2026-04-16 4.6 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
Hard link and possibly symbolic link following vulnerabilities in QNX RTOS 4.25 (aka QNX4) allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the -f argument to the monitor utility, (2) the -d argument to dumper, (3) the -c argument to crttrap, or (4) using the Watcom sample utility.
CVE-2001-1494 2 Avaya, Kernel 7 Cvlan, Integrated Management Suit, Interactive Response and 4 more 2026-04-16 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.