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
2021-08-31 CVE-2021-37701 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 4.4.16, 5.0.8, and 6.1.7 has an arbitrary file creation/overwrite and arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
local
low complexity
npmjs debian oracle siemens CWE-59
8.6
2021-08-31 CVE-2021-37712 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 4.4.18, 5.0.10, and 6.1.9 has an arbitrary file creation/overwrite and arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
local
low complexity
npmjs debian oracle siemens CWE-59
8.6
2021-08-26 CVE-2021-36928 Link Following vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
local
high complexity
microsoft CWE-59
6.0
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