Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1265 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2014-5260 1 Xml-dt Project 1 Xml-dt 2025-04-12 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### 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-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-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-2015-3629 2 Docker, Opensuse 2 Libcontainer, Opensuse 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
Libcontainer 1.6.0, as used in Docker Engine, allows local users to escape containerization ("mount namespace breakout") and write to arbitrary file on the host system via a symlink attack in an image when respawning a container.
CVE-2014-8585 1 W3eden 1 Download Manager 2025-04-12 5.0 MEDIUM N/A
Directory traversal vulnerability in the WordPress Download Manager plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fname parameter to (1) views/file_download.php or (2) file_download.php.
CVE-2016-9566 1 Nagios 1 Nagios 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
CVE-2015-6566 2 Fedoraproject, Zarafa 2 Fedora, Zarafa Collaboration Platform 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH 8.4 HIGH
zarafa-autorespond in Zarafa Collaboration Platform (ZCP) before 7.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/zarafa-vacation-*.
CVE-2009-5023 1 Fail2ban 1 Fail2ban 2025-04-12 4.7 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) dshield.conf, (2) mail-buffered.conf, (3) mynetwatchman.conf, and (4) mynetwatchman.conf actions in action.d/ in Fail2ban before 0.8.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names, as demonstrated by /tmp/fail2ban-mail.txt.
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-2014-3486 1 Redhat 1 Cloudforms 3.0 Management Engine 2025-04-12 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.
CVE-2014-3563 1 Saltstack 1 Salt 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH N/A
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.
CVE-2014-5029 2 Apple, Canonical 2 Cups, Ubuntu Linux 2025-04-12 1.5 LOW N/A
The web interface in CUPS 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/ and language[0] set to null. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537.
CVE-2013-4116 1 Node Packaged Modules Project 1 Node Packaged Modules 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.
CVE-2014-5045 2 Linux, Redhat 4 Linux Kernel, Enterprise Linux Eus, Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 1 more 2025-04-12 6.2 MEDIUM N/A
The mountpoint_last function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during attempts to use the umount system call in conjunction with a symlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via the umount program.
CVE-2015-5287 1 Redhat 5 Automatic Bug Reporting Tool, Enterprise Linux Desktop, Enterprise Linux Hpc Node and 2 more 2025-04-12 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name, as demonstrated by /var/tmp/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump or /var/spool/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump.
CVE-2011-3154 1 Canonical 2 Ubuntu Linux, Update-manager 2025-04-12 1.9 LOW N/A
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
CVE-2014-5459 3 Opensuse, Oracle, Php 4 Evergreen, Opensuse, Solaris and 1 more 2025-04-12 3.6 LOW N/A
The PEAR_REST class in REST.php in PEAR in PHP through 5.6.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) rest.cachefile or (2) rest.cacheid file in /tmp/pear/cache/, related to the retrieveCacheFirst and useLocalCache functions.
CVE-2014-3421 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.
CVE-2014-1838 2 Logilab, Opensuse 2 Logilab-common, Opensuse 2025-04-12 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.