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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5144 Link Following vulnerability in Federico DI Gregorio Nvidia-Cg-Toolkit 2.0.0015
nvidia-cg-toolkit-installer in nvidia-cg-toolkit 2.0.0015 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvidia-cg-toolkit-manifest temporary file.
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5143 Link Following vulnerability in Mohammed Sameer Multi-Gnome-Terminal 1.6.2
mgt-helper in multi-gnome-terminal 1.6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/*.debug or (2) /tmp/*.env temporary file.
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5142 Link Following vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd-Sendpr 3.113+5.3
sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file.
local
freebsd CWE-59
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5141 Link Following vulnerability in Dann Frazier Flamethrower 0.1.8
flamethrower in flamethrower 0.1.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/multicast.tar.##### temporary file.
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5140 Link Following vulnerability in Debian Mailscanner 4.55.10
trend-autoupdate.new in mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/opr.ini.##### or (2) /tmp/lpt*.zip temporary file.
local
debian CWE-59
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5139 Link Following vulnerability in Javier Fernandez Jailer 0.4
updatejail in jailer 0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/#####.updatejail temporary file.
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5138 Link Following vulnerability in Bkleineidam Libpam Mount 0.43
passwdehd in libpam-mount 0.43 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/passwdehd.##### temporary file.
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5137 Link Following vulnerability in Tkman 2.2
tkman in tkman 2.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/tkman##### or (2) /tmp/ll temporary file.
local
tkman CWE-59
6.9
2008-11-18 CVE-2008-5136 Link Following vulnerability in Ldrolez Tkusr 0.82
tkusr in tkusr 0.82 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/tkusr.pgm temporary file.
local
ldrolez CWE-59
6.9
2008-11-17 CVE-2008-4832 Link Following vulnerability in Rpath Initscripts 8.128.21/8.56.150.1
rc.sysinit in initscripts 8.12-8.21 and 8.56.15-0.1 on rPath allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.
local
rpath CWE-59
6.9