Vulnerabilities > Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-04-15 | CVE-2004-0217 | Link Following vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine 4.0/4.3 The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log. | 7.0 |
| 2003-12-31 | CVE-2003-1233 | Link Following vulnerability in Pedestalsoftware Integrity Protection Driver 1.3 Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers, such as rootkits, to bypass file access restrictions to the Windows kernel by using the NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject function to create a symbolic link to (1) \Device\PhysicalMemory or (2) to a drive letter using the subst command. | 9.8 |
| 2003-11-17 | CVE-2003-0844 | Link Following vulnerability in Schroepl MOD Gzip mod_gzip 1.3.26.1a and earlier, and possibly later official versions, when running in debug mode without the Apache log, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) a symlink attack on predictable temporary filenames on Unix systems, or (2) an NTFS hard link on Windows systems when the "Strengthen default permissions of internal system objects" policy is not enabled. | 7.1 |
| 2003-08-18 | CVE-2003-0578 | Link Following vulnerability in IBM U2 Universe 10.0.0.9 cci_dir in IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 and earlier creates hard links and unlinks files as root, which allows local users to gain privileges by deleting and overwriting arbitrary files. | 7.8 |
| 2003-08-18 | CVE-2003-0517 | Link Following vulnerability in Mgetty Project Mgetty 1.1.28 faxrunqd.in in mgetty 1.1.28 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on JOB files. | 5.5 |
| 2002-09-05 | CVE-2002-0725 | Link Following vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT NTFS file system in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 SP2 allows local attackers to hide file usage activities via a hard link to the target file, which causes the link to be recorded in the audit trail instead of the target file. | 5.5 |
| 2002-08-12 | CVE-2002-0793 | Link Following vulnerability in Blackberry QNX Neutrino Real-Time Operating System 4.25 Hard link and possibly symbolic link following vulnerabilities in QNX RTOS 4.25 (aka QNX4) allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the -f argument to the monitor utility, (2) the -d argument to dumper, (3) the -c argument to crttrap, or (4) using the Watcom sample utility. | 5.5 |
| 2001-12-31 | CVE-2001-1494 | Link Following vulnerability in multiple products script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command. | 5.5 |
| 2001-07-02 | CVE-2001-1042 | Link Following vulnerability in Transsoft Broker FTP Server 5.9.5.0 Transsoft Broker 5.9.5.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and directories by uploading a .lnk (link) file that points to the target file. | 7.5 |
| 2001-07-01 | CVE-2001-1386 | Link Following vulnerability in Texasimperialsoftware Wftpd 3.00 WFTPD 3.00 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by uploading a (link) file that ends in a ".lnk." extension, which bypasses WFTPD's check for a ".lnk" extension. | 7.5 |