Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1306 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
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.
CVE-2012-5303 1 Monkey-project 1 Monkey 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a PID file, as demonstrated by a pathname different from the default /var/run/monkey.pid pathname.
CVE-2012-4455 1 Opencryptoki Project 1 Opencryptoki 2025-04-11 6.2 MEDIUM N/A
openCryptoki 2.4.1 allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) LCK..opencryptoki or (2) LCK..opencryptoki_stdll file in /var/lock/.
CVE-2014-1876 1 Oracle 1 Openjdk 2025-04-11 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.
CVE-2013-2561 2 Openfabrics, Redhat 2 Ibutils, Enterprise Linux 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) ibdiagnet.db, (2) ibdiagnet.fdbs, (3) ibdiagnet_ibis.log, (4) ibdiagnet.log, (5) ibdiagnet.lst, (6) ibdiagnet.mcfdbs, (7) ibdiagnet.pkey, (8) ibdiagnet.psl, (9) ibdiagnet.slvl, or (10) ibdiagnet.sm in /tmp/.
CVE-2012-2093 1 Gajim 1 Gajim 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
src/common/latex.py in Gajim 0.15 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary latex file, related to the get_tmpfile_name function.
CVE-2012-6348 1 Centrify 2 Centrify Deployment Manager, Centrify Suite 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
Centrify Deployment Manager 2.1.0.283, as distributed in Centrify Suite before 2012.5, allows local users to (1) overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the adcheckDMoutput temporary file, or (2) overwrite arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a symlink attack on the centrify.cmd.0 temporary file.
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-2013-1976 1 Redhat 2 Enterprise Linux, Jboss Enterprise Web Server 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.
CVE-2010-0118 1 Becauseinter 1 Bournal 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
Bournal before 1.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified temporary files associated with a --hack_the_gibson update check.
CVE-2010-0424 2 Fedorahosted, Paul Vixie 2 Cronie, Vixie Cron 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.
CVE-2010-1626 2 Mysql, Oracle 2 Mysql, Mysql 2025-04-11 3.6 LOW N/A
MySQL before 5.1.46 allows local users to delete the data and index files of another user's MyISAM table via a symlink attack in conjunction with the DROP TABLE command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4098 and CVE-2008-7247.
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.