Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1244 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2012-3329 2 Ibm, Linux 3 Advanced Settings Utility, Bootable Media Creator, Linux Kernel 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) through 3.62 and 3.70 through 9.21 and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) through 2.30 and 3.00 through 9.21 on Linux allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) temporary file or (2) log file.
CVE-2010-4173 1 Openfabrics 1 Libsdp 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The default configuration of libsdp.conf in libsdp 1.1.104 and earlier creates log files in /tmp, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on the libsdp.log.##### temporary file.
CVE-2013-4136 2 Phusion, Ruby-lang 2 Passenger, Ruby 2025-04-11 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h in Phusion Passenger gem before 4.0.6 for Ruby allows local users to gain privileges or possibly change the ownership of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/.
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-2012-0808 1 Bdale Garbee 1 As31 2025-04-11 3.6 LOW N/A
as31 2.3.1-4 does not seed the random number generator and generates predictable temporary file names, which makes it easier for local users to create or truncate files via a symlink attack.
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-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-2011-0702 1 Feh Project 1 Feh 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The feh_unique_filename function in utils.c in feh before 1.11.2 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/feh_ temporary file.
CVE-2010-0156 1 Puppet 1 Puppet 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.
CVE-2011-1072 1 Php 1 Pear 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The installer in PEAR before 1.9.2 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2519.
CVE-2012-3345 1 Ioquake3 1 Ioquake3 Engine 2025-04-11 5.6 MEDIUM N/A
ioquake3 before r2253 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/ioq3.pid temporary file.
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-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-2009-5080 1 Gnu 1 Groff 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.
CVE-2013-2217 3 Jeff Ortel, Opensuse, Redhat 3 Suds, Opensuse, Enterprise Linux 2025-04-11 1.2 LOW N/A
cache.py in Suds 0.4, when tempdir is set to None, allows local users to redirect SOAP queries and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on a cache file with a predictable name in /tmp/suds/.
CVE-2013-1888 2 Fedoraproject, Pypa 2 Fedora, Pip 2025-04-11 2.1 LOW N/A
pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.
CVE-2013-4969 4 Canonical, Debian, Puppet and 1 more 4 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Puppet Enterprise and 1 more 2025-04-11 2.1 LOW N/A
Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.
CVE-2011-0461 1 Opensuse 1 Opensuse 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
/etc/init.d/boot.localfs in the aaa_base package before 11.2-43.48.1 in SUSE openSUSE 11.2, and before 11.3-8.7.1 in openSUSE 11.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/mtab.
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-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.