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 (1,658)
page 6 of 83| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-23267 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.5 | 0.01 | Jul 17, 2025 | NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the update-ldcache hook, where an attacker could cause a link following by using a specially crafted container image. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of… | ||
| CVE-2024-29989 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.01 | Apr 9, 2024 | Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | ||
| CVE-2023-31003 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Jan 11, 2024 | IBM Security Access Manager Container (IBM Security Verify Access Appliance 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.6.1 and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.6.1) could allow a local user to obtain root access due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 254658. | ||
| CVE-2023-45159 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Oct 5, 2023 | 1E Client installer can perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files. A non-privileged user could provide a symbolic link or Windows junction to point to a protected directory in the installer that the 1E Client would then clear on service startup. A hotfix is… | ||
| CVE-2023-25168 | Cri | 0.55 | 9.6 | 0.01 | Feb 9, 2023 | Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system. This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an… | ||
| CVE-2021-41379 | Med | 0.55 | 5.5 | 0.20 | KEV | Nov 10, 2021 | Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | |
| CVE-2020-8015 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.01 | Apr 2, 2020 | A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim in openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory exim versions prior to 4.93.0.4-3.1. | ||
| CVE-2019-18897 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Mar 2, 2020 | A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise… | ||
| CVE-2019-0574 | Hig | 0.55 | 7.8 | 0.19 | Jan 8, 2019 | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Data Sharing Service improperly handles file operations, aka "Windows Data Sharing Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows 10… | ||
| CVE-2018-1781 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Nov 9, 2018 | IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local user to obtain root access by exploiting a symbolic link attack to read/write/corrupt a file that they originally did not have permission to access. IBM X-Force ID:… | ||
| CVE-2015-6566 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Jan 11, 2016 | zarafa-autorespond in Zarafa Collaboration Platform (ZCP) before 7.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/zarafa-vacation-*. | ||
| CVE-2023-33148 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.02 | Jul 11, 2023 | Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | ||
| CVE-2021-37701 | Hig | 0.54 | 8.2 | 0.03 | Aug 31, 2021 | The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 4.4.16, 5.0.8, and 6.1.7 has an arbitrary file creation/overwrite and arbitrary code execution vulnerability. node-tar aims to guarantee that any file whose location would be modified by a symbolic link is not extracted. This… | ||
| CVE-2019-8452 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Apr 22, 2019 | A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file. Doing this on files with… | ||
| CVE-2017-18078 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Jan 29, 2018 | systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving a hard link to a file for… | ||
| CVE-2016-6253 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.04 | Jan 20, 2017 | mail.local in NetBSD versions 6.0 through 6.0.6, 6.1 through 6.1.5, and 7.0 allows local users to change ownership of or append data to arbitrary files on the target system via a symlink attack on the user mailbox. | ||
| CVE-2016-9566 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.05 | Dec 15, 2016 | base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565. | ||
| CVE-2016-1247 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.05 | Nov 29, 2016 | The nginx package before 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, the nginx packages before 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and before 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and the nginx ebuild before 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo allow local… | ||
| CVE-2026-35025 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.00 | Jun 24, 2026 | ProFTPD through 1.3.9b and 1.3.10rc2 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated FTP users to circumvent Directory ACL restrictions by prefixing paths with /proc/self/root in the RNFR command handler. Attackers can exploit the unresolved symlink… | ||
| CVE-2025-52936 | Cri | 0.53 | — | 0.00 | Jun 23, 2025 | Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in yrutschle sslh.This issue affects sslh: before 2.2.2. |
- risk 0.55cvss 8.5epss 0.01
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the update-ldcache hook, where an attacker could cause a link following by using a specially crafted container image. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.01
Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM Security Access Manager Container (IBM Security Verify Access Appliance 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.6.1 and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.6.1) could allow a local user to obtain root access due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 254658.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
1E Client installer can perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files. A non-privileged user could provide a symbolic link or Windows junction to point to a protected directory in the installer that the 1E Client would then clear on service startup. A hotfix is…
- risk 0.55cvss 9.6epss 0.01
Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system. This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an…
- risk 0.55cvss 5.5epss 0.20
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.01
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim in openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory exim versions prior to 4.93.0.4-3.1.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise…
- risk 0.55cvss 7.8epss 0.19
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Data Sharing Service improperly handles file operations, aka "Windows Data Sharing Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows 10…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local user to obtain root access by exploiting a symbolic link attack to read/write/corrupt a file that they originally did not have permission to access. IBM X-Force ID:…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
zarafa-autorespond in Zarafa Collaboration Platform (ZCP) before 7.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/zarafa-vacation-*.
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.02
Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- risk 0.54cvss 8.2epss 0.03
The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 4.4.16, 5.0.8, and 6.1.7 has an arbitrary file creation/overwrite and arbitrary code execution vulnerability. node-tar aims to guarantee that any file whose location would be modified by a symbolic link is not extracted. This…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.01
A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file. Doing this on files with…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.01
systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving a hard link to a file for…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.04
mail.local in NetBSD versions 6.0 through 6.0.6, 6.1 through 6.1.5, and 7.0 allows local users to change ownership of or append data to arbitrary files on the target system via a symlink attack on the user mailbox.
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.05
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.05
The nginx package before 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, the nginx packages before 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and before 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and the nginx ebuild before 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo allow local…
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.00
ProFTPD through 1.3.9b and 1.3.10rc2 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated FTP users to circumvent Directory ACL restrictions by prefixing paths with /proc/self/root in the RNFR command handler. Attackers can exploit the unresolved symlink…
- risk 0.53cvss —epss 0.00
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in yrutschle sslh.This issue affects sslh: before 2.2.2.