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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2018-08-13 CVE-2017-7500 Link Following vulnerability in RPM 4.13.0.1/4.14.0.0
It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination.
local
low complexity
rpm CWE-59
7.8
2018-07-27 CVE-2016-9595 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files.
local
low complexity
theforeman redhat CWE-59
5.5
2018-07-24 CVE-2018-14335 Link Following vulnerability in H2Database H2 1.4.197
An issue was discovered in H2 1.4.197.
network
low complexity
h2database CWE-59
6.5
2018-07-20 CVE-2014-4150 Link Following vulnerability in S48 Scheme48
The scheme48-send-definition function in cmuscheme48.el in Scheme 48 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/s48lose.tmp.
local
low complexity
s48 CWE-59
5.5
2018-07-19 CVE-2014-0243 Link Following vulnerability in Check MK Project Check MK
Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_mk_agent/job.
local
low complexity
check-mk-project CWE-59
5.5
2018-07-17 CVE-2018-14329 Link Following vulnerability in Htslib 1.8
In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
local
high complexity
htslib CWE-59
4.7
2018-07-03 CVE-2018-11637 Link Following vulnerability in Dialogic Powermedia XMS 3.5
Information leakage vulnerability in the administrative console in Dialogic PowerMedia XMS through 3.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the /var/ directory because a symlink exists under the web root.
network
low complexity
dialogic CWE-59
7.5
2018-07-02 CVE-2018-13054 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6.
network
low complexity
debian linuxmint CWE-59
8.1
2018-06-17 CVE-2018-12026 Link Following vulnerability in Phusion Passenger 5.3.0/5.3.1
During the spawning of a malicious Passenger-managed application, SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 allows such applications to replace key files or directories in the spawning communication directory with symlinks.
network
low complexity
phusion CWE-59
critical
9.8
2018-06-11 CVE-2018-5107 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
The printing process can bypass local access protections to read files available through symlinks, bypassing local file restrictions.
network
low complexity
mozilla canonical CWE-59
5.3