CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
BaseDraftLikelihood: Medium
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 8 of 32| CVE | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2025-12418 | Med | 0.36 | — | 0.00 | Nov 7, 2025 | Potential Denial of Service issue in all supported versions of Revenera InstallShield version 2025 R1, 2024 R2, 2023 R2, and prior. When e.g., a local administrator performs an uninstall, a symlink may get followed on removal of a user writeable configuration directory and induce a Denial of Service as a result. The issue is resolved through the hotfixes InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, InstallShield2024R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, and InstallShield2023R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch. | |
| CVE-2025-43446 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Nov 4, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system. | |
| CVE-2025-43394 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Nov 4, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to access protected user data. | |
| CVE-2025-43379 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Nov 4, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. An app may be able to access protected user data. | |
| CVE-2025-43288 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Nov 4, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences. | |
| CVE-2025-31198 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | May 29, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. | |
| CVE-2025-24278 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Mar 31, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An app may be able to access protected user data. | |
| CVE-2025-24104 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.03 | Jan 27, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files. | |
| CVE-2025-24103 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Jan 27, 2025 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3. An app may be able to access protected user data. | |
| CVE-2024-44273 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Oct 28, 2024 | This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A malicious app may be able to access private information. | |
| CVE-2024-44264 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Oct 28, 2024 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk. | |
| CVE-2024-45315 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Oct 11, 2024 | The Improper link resolution before file access ('Link Following') vulnerability in SonicWall Connect Tunnel (version 12.4.3.271 and earlier of Windows client) allows users with standard privileges to create arbitrary folders and files, potentially leading to local Denial of Service (DoS) attack. | |
| CVE-2024-44178 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Sep 17, 2024 | This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15, macOS Sonoma 14.7, macOS Ventura 13.7. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system. | |
| CVE-2024-23285 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Mar 8, 2024 | This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4. An app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk. | |
| CVE-2014-4978 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Dec 29, 2017 | The rs_filter_graph function in librawstudio/rs-filter.c in rawstudio might allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/rs-filter-graph.png or (2) /tmp/rs-filter-graph. | |
| CVE-2017-16611 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Dec 1, 2017 | In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files. | |
| CVE-2017-8806 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Nov 13, 2017 | The Debian pg_ctlcluster, pg_createcluster, and pg_upgradecluster scripts, as distributed in the Debian postgresql-common package before 181+deb9u1 for PostgreSQL (and other packages related to Debian and Ubuntu), handled symbolic links insecurely, which could result in local denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files. | |
| CVE-2011-2684 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Oct 23, 2017 | foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs. | |
| CVE-2017-1301 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Oct 5, 2017 | IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-archive Client creates temporary files insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 125163. | |
| CVE-2015-3211 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Aug 25, 2017 | php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack. |