CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Description
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-132 · CAPEC-17 · CAPEC-35 · CAPEC-76
CVEs mapped to this weakness (624)
page 14 of 32| CVE | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-4199 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 28, 2014 | vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp. | ||
| CVE-2014-3563 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 22, 2014 | Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud. | ||
| CVE-2014-2524 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 20, 2014 | The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file. | ||
| CVE-2014-5260 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 16, 2014 | The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file. | ||
| CVE-2014-5045 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 1, 2014 | The mountpoint_last function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during attempts to use the umount system call in conjunction with a symlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via the umount program. | ||
| CVE-2014-5030 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 29, 2014 | CUPS before 2.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) index.html, (2) index.class, (3) index.pl, (4) index.php, (5) index.pyc, or (6) index.py. | ||
| CVE-2014-5029 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 29, 2014 | The web interface in CUPS 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/ and language[0] set to null. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537. | ||
| CVE-2013-7393 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 28, 2014 | The daemonize.py module in Subversion 1.8.0 before 1.8.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the pid file created for (1) svnwcsub.py or (2) irkerbridge.py when the --pidfile option is used. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4262 based on different affected versions (ADT3). | ||
| CVE-2013-4262 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 28, 2014 | svnwcsub.py in Subversion 1.8.0 before 1.8.3, when using the --pidfile option and running in foreground mode, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the pid file. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT due to different affected versions (ADT3). The irkerbridge.py issue is covered by CVE-2013-7393. | ||
| CVE-2014-3537 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 23, 2014 | The web interface in CUPS before 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/. | ||
| CVE-2014-3486 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 7, 2014 | The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name. | ||
| CVE-2014-4038 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 17, 2014 | ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras. | ||
| CVE-2009-5023 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 10, 2014 | The (1) dshield.conf, (2) mail-buffered.conf, (3) mynetwatchman.conf, and (4) mynetwatchman.conf actions in action.d/ in Fail2ban before 0.8.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names, as demonstrated by /tmp/fail2ban-mail.txt. | ||
| CVE-2014-3986 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 8, 2014 | include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name. | ||
| CVE-2014-3982 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 8, 2014 | include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file. | ||
| CVE-2014-3981 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 8, 2014 | acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file. | ||
| CVE-2014-1934 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | May 8, 2014 | tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 7.0.3, 0.6.18, and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. | ||
| CVE-2014-3424 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | May 8, 2014 | lisp/net/tramp-sh.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/tramp.##### temporary file. | ||
| CVE-2014-3423 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | May 8, 2014 | lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file. | ||
| CVE-2014-3422 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | May 8, 2014 | lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/. |
- CVE-2014-4199Aug 28, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp.
- CVE-2014-3563Aug 22, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.
- CVE-2014-2524Aug 20, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.
- CVE-2014-5260Aug 16, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.
- CVE-2014-5045Aug 1, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The mountpoint_last function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during attempts to use the umount system call in conjunction with a symlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via the umount program.
- CVE-2014-5030Jul 29, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
CUPS before 2.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) index.html, (2) index.class, (3) index.pl, (4) index.php, (5) index.pyc, or (6) index.py.
- CVE-2014-5029Jul 29, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The web interface in CUPS 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/ and language[0] set to null. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537.
- CVE-2013-7393Jul 28, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The daemonize.py module in Subversion 1.8.0 before 1.8.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the pid file created for (1) svnwcsub.py or (2) irkerbridge.py when the --pidfile option is used. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4262 based on different affected versions (ADT3).
- CVE-2013-4262Jul 28, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
svnwcsub.py in Subversion 1.8.0 before 1.8.3, when using the --pidfile option and running in foreground mode, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the pid file. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT due to different affected versions (ADT3). The irkerbridge.py issue is covered by CVE-2013-7393.
- CVE-2014-3537Jul 23, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The web interface in CUPS before 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/.
- CVE-2014-3486Jul 7, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The (1) shell_exec function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV1.rb and (2) temp_cmd_file function in lib/util/MiqSshUtilV2.rb in Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine (CFME) before 5.2.4.2 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name.
- CVE-2014-4038Jun 17, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.
- CVE-2009-5023Jun 10, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
The (1) dshield.conf, (2) mail-buffered.conf, (3) mynetwatchman.conf, and (4) mynetwatchman.conf actions in action.d/ in Fail2ban before 0.8.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names, as demonstrated by /tmp/fail2ban-mail.txt.
- CVE-2014-3986Jun 8, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an easily determined name.
- CVE-2014-3982Jun 8, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.
- CVE-2014-3981Jun 8, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.
- CVE-2014-1934May 8, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 7.0.3, 0.6.18, and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
- CVE-2014-3424May 8, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
lisp/net/tramp-sh.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/tramp.##### temporary file.
- CVE-2014-3423May 8, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.
- CVE-2014-3422May 8, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.