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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2017-09-06 CVE-2015-5705 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and crafted filename.
network
low complexity
devscripts-devel-team fedoraproject CWE-59
7.5
2017-08-25 CVE-2015-5701 Link Following vulnerability in TUG Texlive
mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
local
low complexity
tug CWE-59
6.1
2017-08-25 CVE-2015-5700 Link Following vulnerability in TUG Texlive
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
local
low complexity
tug CWE-59
6.1
2017-08-25 CVE-2015-3211 Link Following vulnerability in PHP-Fpm
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
local
low complexity
php-fpm CWE-59
5.5
2017-08-11 CVE-2015-3156 Link Following vulnerability in Openstack Trove
The _write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py, reset_configuration function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/config.py, write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/redis/service.py, _write_mycnf function in trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py, InnoBackupEx::_run_prepare function in trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupEx::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, MySQLDump::cmd in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupExIncremental::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, _get_actual_db_status function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/system.py and trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/service.py, and multiple class CbBackup methods in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/couchbase_impl.py in Openstack DBaaS (aka Trove) as packaged in Openstack before 2015.1.0 (aka Kilo) allows local users to write to configuration files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
local
low complexity
openstack CWE-59
5.5
2017-07-25 CVE-2015-3149 Link Following vulnerability in Redhat products
The Hotspot component in OpenJDK8 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
local
low complexity
redhat CWE-59
5.5
2017-06-26 CVE-2015-3315 Link Following vulnerability in Redhat Automatic BUG Reporting Tool
Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of, or have other unspecified impact on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /var/tmp/abrt/*/maps, (2) /tmp/jvm-*/hs_error.log, (3) /proc/*/exe, (4) /etc/os-release in a chroot, or (5) an unspecified root directory related to librpm.
local
low complexity
redhat CWE-59
7.8
2017-06-09 CVE-2017-9525 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
local
low complexity
cron-project debian CWE-59
6.7
2017-06-08 CVE-2016-3108 Link Following vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp
The pulp-gen-nodes-certificate script in Pulp before 2.8.3 allows local users to leak the keys or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
local
low complexity
pulpproject CWE-59
7.1
2017-06-08 CVE-2017-8108 Link Following vulnerability in Cisofy Lynis
Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
local
low complexity
cisofy CWE-59
7.8