Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1263 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2013-6456 2 Fedoraproject, Redhat 2 Fedora, Libvirt 2025-04-12 5.8 MEDIUM N/A
The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.
CVE-2014-3423 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.
CVE-2016-6664 3 Mariadb, Oracle, Percona 4 Mariadb, Mysql, Percona Server and 1 more 2025-04-12 6.9 MEDIUM 7.0 HIGH
mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.
CVE-2015-4155 1 Gnu 1 Parallel 2025-04-12 3.6 LOW N/A
GNU Parallel before 20150422, when using (1) --pipe, (2) --tmux, (3) --cat, (4) --fifo, or (5) --compress, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2014-4703 1 Nagios 1 Nagios 2025-04-12 2.1 LOW N/A
lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.
CVE-2014-3982 1 Cisofy 1 Lynis 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.
CVE-2015-7758 2 Gummi Project, Opensuse 3 Gummi, Leap, Opensuse 2025-04-12 2.1 LOW 3.3 LOW
Gummi 0.6.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary dot file that uses the name of an existing file and a (1) .aux, (2) .log, (3) .out, (4) .pdf, or (5) .toc extension for the file name, as demonstrated by .thesis.tex.aux.
CVE-2015-5273 1 Redhat 5 Automatic Bug Reporting Tool, Enterprise Linux Desktop, Enterprise Linux Hpc Node and 2 more 2025-04-12 3.6 LOW N/A
The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.
CVE-2016-7490 1 Teradata 1 Studio Express 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The installation script studioexpressinstall for Teradata Studio Express 15.12.00.00 creates files in /tmp insecurely. A malicious local user could create a symlink in /tmp and possibly clobber system files or perhaps elevate privileges.
CVE-2016-3096 2 Fedoraproject, Redhat 2 Fedora, Ansible 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.
CVE-2015-0556 2 Arj Software, Fedoraproject 2 Arj Archiver, Fedora 2025-04-12 5.8 MEDIUM N/A
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.
CVE-2011-3153 2 Canonical, Robert Ancell 2 Ubuntu Linux, Lightdm 2025-04-12 1.9 LOW N/A
dmrc.c in Light Display Manager (aka LightDM) before 1.1.1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.dmrc.
CVE-2014-2524 4 Fedoraproject, Gnu, Mageia and 1 more 4 Fedora, Readline, Mageia and 1 more 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.
CVE-2014-9512 3 Opensuse, Oracle, Samba 3 Opensuse, Solaris, Rsync 2025-04-12 6.4 MEDIUM N/A
rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.
CVE-2013-6124 1 Codeaurora 1 Android-msm 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
The Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) init scripts in Code Aurora Forum (CAF) releases of Android 4.1.x through 4.4.x allow local users to modify file metadata via a symlink attack on a file accessed by a (1) chown or (2) chmod command, as demonstrated by changing the permissions of an arbitrary file via an attack on the sensor-settings file.
CVE-2001-1593 1 Gnu 1 A2ps 2025-04-12 2.1 LOW N/A
The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2012-0871 2 Opensuse, Systemd Project 2 Opensuse, Systemd 2025-04-12 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.
CVE-2015-1377 1 Webmin 1 Webmin 2025-04-12 4.9 MEDIUM N/A
The Read Mail module in Webmin 1.720 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
CVE-2014-1934 2 Opensuse, Travis Shirk 2 Opensuse, Eyed3 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 7.0.3, 0.6.18, and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2014-5030 2 Apple, Canonical 2 Cups, Ubuntu Linux 2025-04-12 1.9 LOW N/A
CUPS before 2.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) index.html, (2) index.class, (3) index.pl, (4) index.php, (5) index.pyc, or (6) index.py.