Vulnerabilities > Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2021-09-23 CVE-2021-1612 Link Following vulnerability in Cisco Sd-Wan
A vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the local system.
local
low complexity
cisco CWE-59
7.1
2021-09-17 CVE-2021-31843 Link Following vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Security
Improper privileges management vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2021 Update allows local users to access files which they would otherwise not have access to via manipulating junction links to redirect McAfee folder operations to an unintended location.
local
low complexity
mcafee CWE-59
7.8
2021-09-14 CVE-2021-41072 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153.
network
low complexity
squashfs-tools-project debian CWE-59
8.1
2021-09-06 CVE-2021-36744 Link Following vulnerability in Trendmicro products
Trend Micro Security (Consumer) 2021 and 2020 are vulnerable to a directory junction vulnerability which could allow an attacker to exploit the system to escalate privileges and create a denial of service.
local
low complexity
trendmicro CWE-59
7.8
2021-08-24 CVE-2021-30968 Link Following vulnerability in Apple products
A validation issue related to hard link behavior was addressed with improved sandbox restrictions.
local
low complexity
apple CWE-59
5.5
2021-08-24 CVE-2021-30855 Link Following vulnerability in Apple products
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks.
local
low complexity
apple CWE-59
5.5
2021-08-16 CVE-2021-32825 Link Following vulnerability in Bblfshd Project Bblfshd
bblfshd is an open source self-hosted server for source code parsing.
network
low complexity
bblfshd-project CWE-59
critical
9.1
2021-08-11 CVE-2021-38570 Link Following vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4.
network
low complexity
foxitsoftware CWE-59
critical
9.1
2021-08-10 CVE-2021-38511 Link Following vulnerability in TAR Project TAR
An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust.
network
low complexity
tar-project CWE-59
7.5
2021-08-09 CVE-2021-21740 Link Following vulnerability in ZTE Zxhn H2640 Firmware 10.0.0C6Ty
There is an information leak vulnerability in the digital media player (DMS) of ZTE's residential gateway product.
low complexity
zte CWE-59
2.4