Vulnerabilities > Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-01-09 | CVE-2000-1178 | Link Following vulnerability in Joseph Allen JOE 2.8 Joe text editor follows symbolic links when creating a rescue copy called DEADJOE during an abnormal exit, which allows local users to overwrite the files of other users whose joe session crashes. | 5.5 |
| 2000-12-19 | CVE-2000-0972 | Link Following vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux 11.00 HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates. | 5.5 |
| 2000-10-20 | CVE-2000-0715 | Link Following vulnerability in multiple products DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. | 2.1 |
| 2000-04-28 | CVE-2000-0342 | Link Following vulnerability in Qualcomm Eudora 4.0 Eudora 4.x allows remote attackers to bypass the user warning for executable attachments such as .exe, .com, and .bat by using a .lnk file that refers to the attachment, aka "Stealth Attachment." | 7.5 |
| 1999-12-31 | CVE-1999-1386 | Link Following vulnerability in Perl Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file. | 5.5 |
| 1998-06-16 | CVE-1999-0783 | Link Following vulnerability in Freebsd 2.2 FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system. | 5.5 |