Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1363 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2012-3440 2 Redhat, Todd Miller 2 Enterprise Linux, Sudo 2025-04-11 5.6 MEDIUM N/A
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
CVE-2013-4169 1 Gnome 1 Gnome Display Manager 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.
CVE-2011-3204 1 Geoff Wong 1 Hammerhead 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
hammerhead.cc in Hammerhead 2.1.4 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/hammer.log (aka the HH_LOG file) or (2) the REPORT_LOG file.
CVE-2014-1876 1 Oracle 1 Openjdk 2025-04-11 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.
CVE-2011-2473 1 Maynard Johnson 1 Oprofile 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The do_dump_data function in utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted --session-dir argument in conjunction with a symlink attack on the opd_pipe file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.
CVE-2014-1624 1 Python 1 Pyxdg 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.
CVE-2012-3329 2 Ibm, Linux 3 Advanced Settings Utility, Bootable Media Creator, Linux Kernel 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) through 3.62 and 3.70 through 9.21 and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) through 2.30 and 3.00 through 9.21 on Linux allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) temporary file or (2) log file.
CVE-2010-4337 1 Gnu 1 Gnash 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The configure script in gnash 0.8.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/gnash-configure-errors.$$, (2) /tmp/gnash-configure-warnings.$$, or (3) /tmp/gnash-configure-recommended.$$ files.
CVE-2013-2561 2 Openfabrics, Redhat 2 Ibutils, Enterprise Linux 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) ibdiagnet.db, (2) ibdiagnet.fdbs, (3) ibdiagnet_ibis.log, (4) ibdiagnet.log, (5) ibdiagnet.lst, (6) ibdiagnet.mcfdbs, (7) ibdiagnet.pkey, (8) ibdiagnet.psl, (9) ibdiagnet.slvl, or (10) ibdiagnet.sm in /tmp/.
CVE-2012-5303 1 Monkey-project 1 Monkey 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a PID file, as demonstrated by a pathname different from the default /var/run/monkey.pid pathname.
CVE-2010-2431 1 Apple 1 Cups 2025-04-11 2.6 LOW N/A
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
CVE-2011-4617 1 Python 1 Virtualenv 2025-04-11 1.2 LOW N/A
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
CVE-2009-5080 1 Gnu 1 Groff 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.
CVE-2010-3691 1 Apereo 1 Phpcas 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
PGTStorage/pgt-file.php in phpCAS before 1.1.3, when proxy mode is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
CVE-2011-0541 1 Fuse 1 Fuse 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not properly handle when /etc/mtab cannot be updated, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack.
CVE-2010-3847 1 Gnu 1 Glibc 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory.
CVE-2014-0027 1 Cmu 1 Flite 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVE-2011-4363 2 Frii, Perl 2 Proc\, Perl 2025-04-11 2.6 LOW N/A
ProcessTable.pm in the Proc::ProcessTable module 0.45 for Perl, when TTY information caching is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/TTYDEVS.
CVE-2009-1299 1 Pulseaudio 1 Pulseaudio 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
CVE-2011-1073 2 Apple, Freebsd 2 Mac Os X, Freebsd 2025-04-11 1.9 LOW N/A
crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.