Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1318 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2011-1384 1 Ibm 2 Aix, Invscout.rte 2025-04-11 4.0 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) bin/invscoutClient_VPD_Survey and (2) sbin/invscout_lsvpd programs in invscout.rte before 2.2.0.19 on IBM AIX 7.1, 6.1, 5.3, and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files, or trigger inventory scout operations on arbitrary files, via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
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-2014-0027 1 Cmu 1 Flite 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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-2010-2794 2 Mozilla, Redhat 2 Firefox, Spice-xpi 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The SPICE (aka spice-xpi) plug-in 2.2 for Firefox allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified log file.
CVE-2011-0541 1 Fuse 1 Fuse 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not properly handle when /etc/mtab cannot be updated, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack.
CVE-2011-1073 2 Apple, Freebsd 2 Mac Os X, Freebsd 2025-04-11 1.9 LOW N/A
crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.
CVE-2010-0439 1 Chip Salzenberg 1 Deliver 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
Chip Salzenberg Deliver allows local users to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, and possibly change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
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-2013-0200 2 Hp, Redhat 2 Linux Imaging And Printing Project, Enterprise Linux 2025-04-11 1.9 LOW N/A
HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.12.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/hpcupsfilterc_#.bmp, (2) /tmp/hpcupsfilterk_#.bmp, (3) /tmp/hpcups_job#.out, (4) /tmp/hpijs_#####.out, or (5) /tmp/hpps_job#.out temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2722.
CVE-2011-4028 1 X.org 1 X Server 2025-04-11 1.2 LOW N/A
The LockServer function in os/utils.c in X.Org xserver before 1.11.2 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary lock file, which is handled differently if the file exists.
CVE-2009-1299 1 Pulseaudio 1 Pulseaudio 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
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-2012-5303 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-2012-2103 1 Munin-monitoring 1 Munin 2025-04-11 1.2 LOW N/A
The qmailscan plugin for Munin 1.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.
CVE-2009-5079 1 Gnu 1 Groff 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a gro#####.tmp or /tmp/##### temporary file.
CVE-2011-1144 1 Php 1 Pear 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The installer in PEAR 1.9.2 and earlier 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1072.
CVE-2012-5355 1 Bryce Harrington 1 Xdiagnose 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.
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-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/.