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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2020-09-01 CVE-2020-24559 Link Following vulnerability in Trendmicro products
A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 and Worry-Free Business Security Services on macOS may allow an attacker to manipulate a certain binary to load and run a script from a user-writable folder, which then would allow them to execute arbitrary code as root.
local
low complexity
trendmicro CWE-59
7.8
2020-09-01 CVE-2020-24556 Link Following vulnerability in Trendmicro products
A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, OfficeScan XG SP1, Worry-Free Business Security 10 SP1 and Worry-Free Business Security Services on Microsoft Windows may allow an attacker to create a hard link to any file on the system, which then could be manipulated to gain a privilege escalation and code execution.
local
low complexity
trendmicro CWE-59
7.8
2020-08-31 CVE-2020-25031 Link Following vulnerability in Canonical Checkinstall 1.6.2
checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.
local
low complexity
canonical CWE-59
7.8
2020-08-24 CVE-2020-14367 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
A flaw was found in chrony versions before 3.5.1 when creating the PID file under the /var/run/chrony folder.
local
low complexity
tuxfamily fedoraproject canonical CWE-59
6.0
2020-08-20 CVE-2020-15861 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
local
low complexity
net-snmp canonical netapp CWE-59
7.8
2020-08-13 CVE-2019-20383 Link Following vulnerability in Abbyy Finereader
ABBYY network license server in ABBYY FineReader 15 before Release 4 (aka 15.0.112.2130) allows escalation of privileges by local users via manipulations involving files and using symbolic links.
local
low complexity
abbyy CWE-59
7.8
2020-08-13 CVE-2020-24332 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14.
5.5
2020-08-04 CVE-2020-6012 Link Following vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm Anti-Ransomware 1.0.0601/1.0.710
ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware before version 1.0.713 copies files for the report from a directory with low privileges.
local
high complexity
checkpoint CWE-59
7.4
2020-07-28 CVE-2020-11474 Link Following vulnerability in Ncp-E Secure Enterprise Client 10.14/10.15
NCP Secure Enterprise Client before 10.15 r47589 allows a symbolic link attack on enumusb.reg via Support Assistant.
local
low complexity
ncp-e CWE-59
7.8
2020-07-24 CVE-2020-15932 Link Following vulnerability in Overwolf
Overwolf before 0.149.2.30 mishandles Symbolic Links during updates, causing elevation of privileges.
network
low complexity
overwolf CWE-59
8.8