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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2009-06-08 CVE-2009-1962 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID], (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix, (3) xfig-pic[PID].err, (4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix, (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID], (6) xfig[PID], (7) xfig-print[PID], (8) xfig-export[PID].err, (9) xfig-batch[PID], (10) xfig-exp[PID], or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID] is a process ID.
4.4
2009-05-22 CVE-2009-1753 Link Following vulnerability in EMN Coccinelle 0.1.7
Coccinelle 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified "result file."
local
emn CWE-59
3.3
2009-05-05 CVE-2009-1526 Link Following vulnerability in Jbmc-Software Directadmin
JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows local users to create or overwrite any file via a symlink attack on an arbitrary file in a certain temporary directory, related to a request for this temporary file in the PATH_INFO to the CMD_DB script during a backup action.
6.9
2009-04-28 CVE-2008-6762 Link Following vulnerability in Wordpress 2.6
Open redirect vulnerability in wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the backto parameter.
network
wordpress CWE-59
4.3
2009-04-28 CVE-2008-6760 Link Following vulnerability in Viart Shop 3.5
ViArt Shop (aka Shopping Cart) 3.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an unauthenticated add and save action for a shopping cart in cart_save.php, which reveals the SQL table names in an error message, related to code that mishandles the lack of a user_id parameter.
network
viart CWE-59
4.3
2009-04-28 CVE-2008-6759 Link Following vulnerability in Viart Shop 3.5
ViArt Shop (aka Shopping Cart) 3.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a URL in the POST_DATA parameter to manuals_search.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
network
viart CWE-59
4.3
2009-04-09 CVE-2009-1253 Link Following vulnerability in James Stone Tunapie 2.1
James Stone Tunapie 2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file.
4.4
2009-03-30 CVE-2008-6552 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
Red Hat Cluster Project 2.x allows local users to modify or overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on files in /tmp, involving unspecified components in Resource Group Manager (aka rgmanager) before 2.03.09-1, gfs2-utils before 2.03.09-1, and CMAN - The Cluster Manager before 2.03.09-1 on Fedora 9.
6.9
2009-03-12 CVE-2009-0876 Link Following vulnerability in SUN XVM Virtualbox
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.
local
sun linux CWE-59
6.9
2009-03-04 CVE-2008-6398 Link Following vulnerability in Eric Raymond SNG 1.0.2
sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png, (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng, and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.
6.9