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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2018-02-09 CVE-2014-3219 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.
local
low complexity
fishshell fedoraproject CWE-59
7.8
2018-01-29 CVE-2017-18078 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving a hard link to a file for which the user lacks write access, as demonstrated by changing the ownership of the /etc/passwd file.
local
low complexity
systemd-project debian opensuse CWE-59
7.8
2018-01-25 CVE-2018-6198 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
local
high complexity
tats canonical CWE-59
4.7
2018-01-20 CVE-2017-15111 Link Following vulnerability in Keycloak-Httpd-Client-Install Project Keycloak-Httpd-Client-Install
keycloak-httpd-client-install versions before 0.8 insecurely creates temporary file allowing local attackers to overwrite other files via symbolic link.
5.5
2018-01-10 CVE-2014-4996 Link Following vulnerability in Vladtheenterprising Project Vladtheenterprising 0.2.0
lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/my.cnf.#{target_host}.
local
low complexity
vladtheenterprising-project CWE-59
5.5
2018-01-08 CVE-2014-5509 Link Following vulnerability in Clipboard Project Clipboard
clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.
local
low complexity
clipboard-project CWE-59
5.5
2018-01-08 CVE-2014-1859 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
local
low complexity
numpy redhat fedoraproject CWE-59
5.5
2018-01-08 CVE-2013-4364 Link Following vulnerability in Redhat Openshift 1.0/2.0
(1) oo-analytics-export and (2) oo-analytics-import in the openshift-origin-broker-util package in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 and 2 allow local users to have unspecified impact via a symlink attack on an unspecified file in /tmp.
local
low complexity
redhat CWE-59
7.8
2018-01-02 CVE-2017-1000420 Link Following vulnerability in Syncthing
Syncthing version 0.14.33 and older is vulnerable to symlink traversal resulting in arbitrary file overwrite
network
low complexity
syncthing CWE-59
7.5
2017-12-29 CVE-2014-4978 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
The rs_filter_graph function in librawstudio/rs-filter.c in rawstudio might allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/rs-filter-graph.png or (2) /tmp/rs-filter-graph.
local
low complexity
rawstudio fedoraproject CWE-59
5.5