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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2019-05-03 CVE-2019-1836 Link Following vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os 14.0(3D)
A vulnerability in the system shell for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to use symbolic links to overwrite system files.
local
low complexity
cisco CWE-59
7.1
2019-04-30 CVE-2018-20834 Link Following vulnerability in Node-Tar Project Node-Tar
A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2).
network
low complexity
node-tar-project CWE-59
7.5
2019-04-29 CVE-2019-8454 Link Following vulnerability in Checkpoint Endpoint Security
A local attacker can create a hard-link between a file to which the Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 writes and another BAT file, then by impersonating the WPAD server, the attacker can write BAT commands into that file that will later be run by the user or the system.
local
high complexity
checkpoint CWE-59
7.0
2019-04-26 CVE-2019-11538 Link Following vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure
In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX before 8.2R12.1, and 8.1RX before 8.1R15.1, an NFS problem could allow an authenticated attacker to access the contents of arbitrary files on the affected device.
network
low complexity
ivanti CWE-59
7.7
2019-04-24 CVE-2019-11503 Link Following vulnerability in Canonical Snapd
snap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir() to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass."
network
low complexity
canonical CWE-59
7.5
2019-04-24 CVE-2019-11502 Link Following vulnerability in Canonical Snapd
snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user.
network
low complexity
canonical CWE-59
7.5
2019-04-22 CVE-2019-8452 Link Following vulnerability in Checkpoint Endpoint Security and Zonealarm
A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file.
local
low complexity
checkpoint CWE-59
7.8
2019-04-22 CVE-2019-3902 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
A flaw was found in Mercurial before 4.9.
network
high complexity
mercurial redhat debian CWE-59
5.9
2019-04-17 CVE-2019-8455 Link Following vulnerability in Checkpoint Zonealarm
A hard-link created from the log file of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file.
local
low complexity
checkpoint CWE-59
7.1
2019-04-09 CVE-2019-0841 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