Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1248 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2005-1880 1 Everybuddy 1 Everybuddy 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
everybuddy 0.4.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.
CVE-2000-0972 1 Hp 1 Hp-ux 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.
CVE-2000-0715 2 Conectiva, Kirk Bauer 2 Linux, Diskcheck 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW N/A
DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-1999-1386 1 Perl 1 Perl 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.
CVE-2005-1916 2 Debian, Ekg Project 2 Debian Linux, Ekg 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2005-3126 1 Antiword 1 Antiword 2025-04-03 1.9 LOW N/A
The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.
CVE-2005-2527 1 Sun 1 Java 2025-04-03 1.2 LOW N/A
Race condition in Java 1.4.2 before 1.4.2 Release 2 on Apple Mac OS X allows local users to corrupt files or create arbitrary files via unspecified attack vectors related to a temporary directory, possibly due to a symlink attack.
CVE-2003-0578 1 Ibm 1 U2 Universe 2025-04-03 4.6 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
cci_dir in IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 and earlier creates hard links and unlinks files as root, which allows local users to gain privileges by deleting and overwriting arbitrary files.
CVE-2004-2473 1 Wmfrog 1 Wmfrog 2025-04-03 1.2 LOW N/A
wmFrog weather monitor 0.1.6 and other versions before 0.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2003-0517 1 Mgetty Project 1 Mgetty 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
faxrunqd.in in mgetty 1.1.28 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on JOB files.
CVE-2005-2714 1 Apple 2 Mac Os X, Mac Os X Server 2025-04-03 6.8 MEDIUM N/A
passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file.
CVE-2002-0725 1 Microsoft 2 Windows 2000, Windows Nt 2025-04-03 4.6 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
NTFS file system in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 SP2 allows local attackers to hide file usage activities via a hard link to the target file, which causes the link to be recorded in the audit trail instead of the target file.
CVE-2003-0844 1 Schroepl 1 Mod Gzip 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 7.1 HIGH
mod_gzip 1.3.26.1a and earlier, and possibly later official versions, when running in debug mode without the Apache log, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) a symlink attack on predictable temporary filenames on Unix systems, or (2) an NTFS hard link on Windows systems when the "Strengthen default permissions of internal system objects" policy is not enabled.
CVE-2003-1233 1 Pedestalsoftware 1 Integrity Protection Driver 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 9.8 CRITICAL
Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers, such as rootkits, to bypass file access restrictions to the Windows kernel by using the NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject function to create a symbolic link to (1) \Device\PhysicalMemory or (2) to a drive letter using the subst command.
CVE-2004-0967 1 Aladdin Enterprises 1 Ghostscript 2025-04-03 7.2 HIGH N/A
The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2004-0217 2 Redhat, Symantec 2 Linux, Antivirus Scan Engine 2025-04-03 3.7 LOW 7.0 HIGH
The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.
CVE-2002-2323 1 Sun 1 Solaris Pc Netlink 2025-04-03 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
Sun PC NetLink 1.0 through 1.2 does not properly set the access control list (ACL) for files and directories that use symbolic links and have been restored from backup, which could allow local or remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2000-1178 1 Joseph Allen 1 Joe 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
Joe text editor follows symbolic links when creating a rescue copy called DEADJOE during an abnormal exit, which allows local users to overwrite the files of other users whose joe session crashes.
CVE-1999-0794 1 Microsoft 2 Excel, Office 2025-04-03 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
Microsoft Excel does not warn a user when a macro is present in a Symbolic Link (SYLK) format file.
CVE-2001-1494 2 Avaya, Kernel 7 Cvlan, Integrated Management Suit, Interactive Response and 4 more 2025-04-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.