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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2019-07-26 CVE-2019-13382 Link Following vulnerability in Techsmith Snagit 2019.1.2
UploaderService in SnagIT 2019.1.2 allows elevation of privilege by placing an invalid presentation file in %PROGRAMDATA%\TechSmith\TechSmith Recorder\QueuedPresentations and then creating a symbolic link in %PROGRAMDATA%\Techsmith\TechSmith Recorder\InvalidPresentations that points to an arbitrary folder with an arbitrary file name.
local
low complexity
techsmith CWE-59
7.8
2019-07-18 CVE-2019-11230 Link Following vulnerability in Avast Antivirus
In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Update.log file with a symlink.
local
low complexity
avast CWE-59
4.4
2019-07-17 CVE-2019-13636 Link Following vulnerability in GNU Patch
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files.
network
high complexity
gnu CWE-59
5.9
2019-07-15 CVE-2019-1130 Link Following vulnerability in Microsoft products
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-59
7.8
2019-07-15 CVE-2019-1129 Link Following vulnerability in Microsoft products
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-59
7.8
2019-07-15 CVE-2019-1074 Link Following vulnerability in Microsoft products
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows where certain folders, with local service privilege, are vulnerable to symbolic link attack.
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-59
5.5
2019-07-11 CVE-2019-12573 Link Following vulnerability in Londontrustmedia Private Internet Access VPN Client 82
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux and macOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files.
local
low complexity
londontrustmedia CWE-59
7.1
2019-07-11 CVE-2019-12571 Link Following vulnerability in Londontrustmedia Private Internet Access VPN Client 0.9.8
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v0.9.8 beta (build 02099) for macOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files.
local
low complexity
londontrustmedia CWE-59
7.1
2019-07-04 CVE-2019-13229 Link Following vulnerability in Deepin Clone
deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a fixed path /tmp/partclone.log in the Helper::getPartitionSizeInfo() function to write a log file as root, and follows symlinks there.
local
low complexity
deepin CWE-59
5.5
2019-07-04 CVE-2019-13228 Link Following vulnerability in Deepin Deepin-Clone
deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a fixed path /tmp/repo.iso in the BootDoctor::fix() function to download an ISO file, and follows symlinks there.
local
high complexity
deepin CWE-59
4.7