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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2007-11-08 CVE-2007-4129 Link Following vulnerability in Fedoraproject Coolkey 1.1.0
CoolKey 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp/.pk11ipc1/ directory.
3.3
2007-11-08 CVE-2007-3921 Link Following vulnerability in Gforge 3.1/4.5.14
gforge 3.1 and 4.5.14 allows local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
local
gforge CWE-59
3.3
2007-11-06 CVE-2007-5839 Link Following vulnerability in Bitchx 1.1A
The e_hostname function in commands.c in BitchX 1.1a allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files when using the (1) HOSTNAME or (2) IRCHOST command.
local
low complexity
bitchx CWE-59
4.6
2007-11-05 CVE-2007-5805 Link Following vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.2/5.3
cfgcon in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not properly validate the argument to the "-p" option to swcons, which allows local users in the system group to create an arbitrary file, and enable world writability of this file, via a symlink attack involving use of the file's name as the argument.
local
ibm CWE-59
6.9
2007-10-30 CVE-2007-5718 Link Following vulnerability in Vobcopy 0.5.14
vobcopy 0.5.14 allows local users to append data to an arbitrary file, or create an arbitrary new file, via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/vobcopy.bla or (2) /tmp/vobcopy_0.5.14.log temporary file.
local
low complexity
debian vobcopy CWE-59
4.9
2007-10-29 CVE-2007-5695 Link Following vulnerability in Sitebar 3.3.8
Open redirect vulnerability in command.php in SiteBar 3.3.8 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites via a URL in the forward parameter in a Log In action.
network
low complexity
sitebar CWE-59
6.4
2007-10-28 CVE-2007-3919 Link Following vulnerability in Xensource INC XEN 3.0.301/3.0.303
(1) xenbaked and (2) xenmon.py in Xen 3.1 and earlier allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/xenq-shm.
6.0
2007-10-14 CVE-2007-5200 Link Following vulnerability in Opensuse 10.2/10.3
hugin, as used on various operating systems including SUSE openSUSE 10.2 and 10.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the hugin_debug_optim_results.txt temporary file.
3.3
2007-10-13 CVE-2007-5437 Link Following vulnerability in Broadcom Etrust Integrated Threat Management 8.1
The web console in CA (formerly Computer Associates) eTrust ITM (Threat Manager) 8.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites via a crafted HTTP URL on port 6689.
network
broadcom CWE-59
5.8
2007-10-12 CVE-2007-5377 Link Following vulnerability in GNU Tramp 2.1.10
The (1) tramp-make-temp-file and (2) tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions in Tramp 2.1.10 extension for Emacs, and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
local
gnu CWE-59
6.9