Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1263 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2009-5044 2 Apple, Gnu 2 Mac Os X, Groff 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp 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-2011-1072 1 Php 1 Pear 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The installer in PEAR before 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the package.xml file, related to the (1) download_dir, (2) cache_dir, (3) tmp_dir, and (4) pear-build-download directories, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2519.
CVE-2011-1004 1 Ruby-lang 1 Ruby 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The FileUtils.remove_entry_secure method in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through 1.9.1-430, 1.9.2 through 1.9.2-136, and 1.9.3dev allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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-2010-0546 1 Apple 2 Mac Os X, Mac Os X Server 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
Folder Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 10.6.4, allows local users to delete arbitrary folders via a symlink attack in conjunction with an unmount operation on a crafted volume, related to the Cleanup At Startup folder.
CVE-2012-3440 2 Redhat, Todd Miller 2 Enterprise Linux, Sudo 2025-04-11 5.6 MEDIUM N/A
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
CVE-2009-5081 1 Gnu 1 Groff 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.
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-2011-3616 1 Conky 1 Conky 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.
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-2013-4169 1 Gnome 1 Gnome Display Manager 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.
CVE-2011-3204 1 Geoff Wong 1 Hammerhead 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
hammerhead.cc in Hammerhead 2.1.4 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/hammer.log (aka the HH_LOG file) or (2) the REPORT_LOG file.
CVE-2011-0441 1 Php 1 Php 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The Debian GNU/Linux /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP 5.3.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/.
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-2011-0017 1 Exim 1 Exim 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The open_log function in log.c in Exim 4.72 and earlier does not check the return value from (1) setuid or (2) setgid system calls, which allows local users to append log data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
CVE-2010-1183 1 Sun 1 Solaris 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
Certain patch-installation scripts in Oracle Solaris allow local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/CLEANUP temporary file, related to use of Update Manager.
CVE-2010-3879 1 Libfuse Project 1 Libfuse 2025-04-11 5.8 MEDIUM N/A
FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.
CVE-2011-2533 1 Freedesktop 1 Dbus 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The configure script in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file in /tmp/.
CVE-2014-1638 1 Debian 1 Localepurge 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
(1) debian/postrm and (2) debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use 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.