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

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2022-12-27 CVE-2021-4287 Link Following vulnerability in Microsoft Binwalk
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ReFirm Labs binwalk up to 2.3.2.
network
low complexity
microsoft CWE-59
6.5
2022-12-24 CVE-2022-45798 Link Following vulnerability in Trendmicro Apex ONE 2019
A link following vulnerability in the Damage Cleanup Engine component of Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by creating a symbolic link and abusing the service to delete a file. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
local
low complexity
trendmicro CWE-59
7.8
2022-12-22 CVE-2022-45412 When resolving a symlink such as <code>file:///proc/self/fd/1</code>, an error message may be produced where the symlink was resolved to a string containing unitialized memory in the buffer.
network
low complexity
CWE-59
8.8
2022-12-16 CVE-2022-4563 Link Following vulnerability in Freedom Securedrop
A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop.
local
low complexity
freedom CWE-59
7.8
2022-12-08 CVE-2022-4122 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
A vulnerability was found in buildah.
network
low complexity
podman-project fedoraproject CWE-59
5.3
2022-11-23 CVE-2009-1142 Link Following vulnerability in VMWare Open VM Tools 2009.03.18154848
An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848.
local
low complexity
vmware CWE-59
6.7
2022-11-23 CVE-2009-1143 Link Following vulnerability in VMWare Open-Vm-Tools 2009.03.18154848
An issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848.
local
high complexity
vmware CWE-59
7.0
2022-11-07 CVE-2022-44747 Link Following vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling.
local
low complexity
acronis CWE-59
7.8
2022-11-01 CVE-2022-32905 Link Following vulnerability in Apple Macos
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
local
low complexity
apple CWE-59
7.8
2022-10-29 CVE-2022-41973 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974.
local
low complexity
opensvc fedoraproject debian CWE-59
7.8