Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1281 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
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-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-2014-3627 1 Apache 1 Hadoop 2025-04-12 5.0 MEDIUM N/A
The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.
CVE-2014-4038 3 Ppc64-diag Project, Redhat, Suse 3 Ppc64-diag, Enterprise Linux Server, Linux Enterprise Server 2025-04-12 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.
CVE-2015-5752 1 Apple 1 Iphone Os 2025-04-12 5.0 MEDIUM N/A
Backup in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filesystem access via a crafted app that creates a symlink.
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-2016-6664 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-2013-4215 1 Nagios 1 Plugins 2025-04-12 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
The IPXPING_COMMAND in contrib/check_ipxping.c in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/ipxping/ipxping.
CVE-2014-3981 1 Php 1 Php 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.
CVE-2014-3986 1 Cisofy 1 Lynis 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name.
CVE-2014-4199 1 Vmware 3 Tools, Vm-support, Workstation 2025-04-12 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /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-2015-1038 3 7-zip, Fedoraproject, Oracle 3 P7zip, Fedora, Solaris 2025-04-12 5.8 MEDIUM N/A
p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
CVE-2016-1247 4 Canonical, Debian, F5 and 1 more 4 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Nginx and 1 more 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The nginx package before 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, the nginx packages before 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and before 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and the nginx ebuild before 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo allow local users with access to the web server user account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the error log.
CVE-2015-1335 2 Canonical, Linuxcontainers 2 Ubuntu Linux, Lxc 2025-04-12 7.2 HIGH N/A
lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container administrators to escape AppArmor confinement via a symlink attack on a (1) mount target or (2) bind mount source.
CVE-2015-0858 2 Debian, Tardiff Project 2 Debian Linux, Tardiff 2025-04-12 2.1 LOW 3.3 LOW
Cool Projects TarDiff allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pathname in a /tmp/tardiff-$$ temporary directory.
CVE-2015-1331 1 Linuxcontainers 1 Lxc 2025-04-12 4.9 MEDIUM N/A
lxclock.c in LXC 1.1.2 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /run/lock/lxc/*.
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-2015-3436 1 Zarafa 1 Zarafa Collaboration Platform 2025-04-12 6.6 MEDIUM N/A
provider/server/ECServer.cpp in Zarafa Collaboration Platform (ZCP) before 7.1.13 and 7.2.x before 7.2.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/zarafa-upgrade-lock.
CVE-2014-3422 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2025-04-12 3.3 LOW N/A
lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.