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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2020-02-03 CVE-2019-11251 Link Following vulnerability in Kubernetes
The Kubernetes kubectl cp command in versions 1.1-1.12, and versions prior to 1.13.11, 1.14.7, and 1.15.4 allows a combination of two symlinks provided by tar output of a malicious container to place a file outside of the destination directory specified in the kubectl cp invocation.
network
low complexity
kubernetes CWE-59
5.7
2020-01-31 CVE-2011-4116 Link Following vulnerability in Cpan File::Temp
_is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks.
network
low complexity
cpan CWE-59
7.5
2020-01-30 CVE-2013-1867 Link Following vulnerability in Apple Tokend 032013
Gemalto Tokend 2013 has an Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite Vulnerability
low complexity
apple CWE-59
6.1
2020-01-30 CVE-2013-1866 Link Following vulnerability in Opensc Project Opensc
OpenSC OpenSC.tokend has an Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite Vulnerability
low complexity
opensc-project CWE-59
6.1
2020-01-28 CVE-2012-6114 Link Following vulnerability in Git-Extras Project Git-Extras 1.7.0
The git-changelog utility in git-extras 1.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/changelog or (2) /tmp/.git-effort.
local
low complexity
git-extras-project CWE-59
5.5
2020-01-21 CVE-2020-7040 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
storeBackup.pl in storeBackup through 3.5 relies on the /tmp/storeBackup.lock pathname, which allows symlink attacks that possibly lead to privilege escalation.
network
high complexity
storebackup debian opensuse canonical CWE-59
8.1
2020-01-21 CVE-2019-18932 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
log.c in Squid Analysis Report Generator (sarg) through 2.3.11 allows local privilege escalation.
7.0
2020-01-14 CVE-2020-0616 Link Following vulnerability in Microsoft products
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles hard links, aka 'Microsoft Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-59
5.5
2020-01-14 CVE-2015-3147 Link Following vulnerability in Redhat products
daemon/abrt-handle-upload.in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), when moving problem reports from /var/spool/abrt-upload, allows local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on (1) /var/spool/abrt or (2) /var/tmp/abrt.
network
low complexity
redhat CWE-59
6.5
2020-01-14 CVE-2015-1869 Link Following vulnerability in Redhat Automatic BUG Reporting Tool
The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file.
local
low complexity
redhat CWE-59
7.8