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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2018-11-09 CVE-2018-1781 Link Following vulnerability in IBM DB2
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local user to obtain root access by exploiting a symbolic link attack to read/write/corrupt a file that they originally did not have permission to access.
local
low complexity
ibm CWE-59
7.8
2018-11-09 CVE-2018-1780 Link Following vulnerability in IBM DB2
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local db2 instance owner to obtain root access by exploiting a symbolic link attack to read/write/corrupt a file that they originally did not have permission to access.
local
low complexity
ibm CWE-59
7.8
2018-11-08 CVE-2018-19044 Link Following vulnerability in Keepalived 2.0.8
keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for pathnames with symlinks when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats.
local
high complexity
keepalived CWE-59
4.7
2018-10-31 CVE-2018-14651 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
It was found that the fix for CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930, and CVE-2018-10926 was incomplete.
network
low complexity
debian redhat gluster CWE-59
8.8
2018-09-28 CVE-2018-17567 Link Following vulnerability in Jekyllrb Jekyll
Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the "include" key in the "_config.yml" file.
network
low complexity
jekyllrb CWE-59
7.5
2018-09-04 CVE-2018-10928 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume.
network
low complexity
redhat debian gluster opensuse CWE-59
8.8
2018-08-21 CVE-2018-6557 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files.
local
high complexity
canonical base-files-project CWE-59
7.0
2018-08-20 CVE-2011-2765 Link Following vulnerability in Pyro Project Pyro
pyro before 3.15 unsafely handles pid files in temporary directory locations and opening the pid file as root.
network
low complexity
pyro-project CWE-59
7.5
2018-08-17 CVE-2018-15351 Link Following vulnerability in Kraftway 24F2Xg Router Firmware 3.5.30.1118
Denial of service via crafting malicious link and sending it to a privileged user can cause Denial of Service in Kraftway 24F2XG Router firmware version 3.5.30.1118.
network
low complexity
kraftway CWE-59
6.5
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