Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1340 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v3.1
CVE-2015-8326 1 Iptables-parse Project 1 Iptables-parse Module 2025-04-20 N/A
The IPTables-Parse module before 1.6 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files owned by the current user.
CVE-2016-9774 3 Apache, Canonical, Debian 3 Tomcat, Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux 2025-04-20 N/A
The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
CVE-2017-2916 1 Meetcircle 2 Circle With Disney, Circle With Disney Firmware 2025-04-20 8.8 High
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the /api/CONFIG/restore functionality of Circle with Disney running firmware 2.0.1. Specially crafted network packets can cause an arbitrary file to be overwritten. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.
CVE-2017-16611 3 Canonical, Debian, X 3 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Libxfont 2025-04-20 5.5 Medium
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 3 Canonical, Debian, Postgresql 3 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Postgresql 2025-04-20 5.5 Medium
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-2015-3156 1 Openstack 1 Trove 2025-04-20 N/A
The _write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py, reset_configuration function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/config.py, write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/redis/service.py, _write_mycnf function in trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py, InnoBackupEx::_run_prepare function in trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupEx::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, MySQLDump::cmd in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupExIncremental::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, _get_actual_db_status function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/system.py and trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/service.py, and multiple class CbBackup methods in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/couchbase_impl.py in Openstack DBaaS (aka Trove) as packaged in Openstack before 2015.1.0 (aka Kilo) allows local users to write to configuration files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2025-32817 1 Sonicwall 1 Connect Tunnel 2025-04-17 6.1 Medium
A Improper Link Resolution vulnerability (CWE-59) in the SonicWall Connect Tunnel Windows (32 and 64 bit) client, this results in unauthorized file overwrite, potentially leading to denial of service or file corruption.
CVE-2024-0206 2 Microsoft, Trellix 2 Windows, Anti-malware Engine 2025-04-17 7.1 High
A symbolic link manipulation vulnerability in Trellix Anti-Malware Engine prior to the January 2024 release allows an authenticated local user to potentially gain an escalation of privileges. This was achieved by adding an entry to the registry under the Trellix ENS registry folder with a symbolic link to files that the user wouldn't normally have permission to. After a scan, the Engine would follow the links and remove the files
CVE-2022-2897 1 Measuresoft 2 Scadapro Client, Scadapro Server 2025-04-16 7.8 High
Measuresoft ScadaPro Server and Client (All Versions) do not properly resolve links before file access; this could allow privilege escalation..
CVE-2022-2898 1 Measuresoft 2 Scadapro Client, Scadapro Server 2025-04-16 6.1 Medium
Measuresoft ScadaPro Server and Client (All Versions) do not properly resolve links before file access; this could allow a denial-of-service condition.
CVE-2022-45412 5 Apple, Google, Linux and 2 more 11 Macos, Android, Linux Kernel and 8 more 2025-04-15 8.8 High
When resolving a symlink such as <code>file:///proc/self/fd/1</code>, an error message may be produced where the symlink was resolved to a string containing unitialized memory in the buffer. <br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird on Unix-based operated systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
CVE-2022-45798 2 Microsoft, Trendmicro 2 Windows, Apex One 2025-04-15 7.8 High
A link following vulnerability in the Damage Cleanup Engine component of Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by creating a symbolic link and abusing the service to delete a file. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
CVE-2022-4563 1 Freedom 1 Securedrop 2025-04-15 7.8 High
A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.
CVE-2023-36568 1 Microsoft 3 365 Apps, Office, Office Long Term Servicing Channel 2025-04-14 7 High
Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36711 1 Microsoft 11 Windows 10 1507, Windows 10 1607, Windows 10 1809 and 8 more 2025-04-14 7.8 High
Windows Runtime C++ Template Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36723 1 Microsoft 7 Windows 10 1809, Windows 10 21h2, Windows 10 22h2 and 4 more 2025-04-14 7.8 High
Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36737 1 Microsoft 1 Azure Network Watcher 2025-04-14 7.8 High
Azure Network Watcher VM Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2015-1196 3 Gnu, Opensuse, Oracle 3 Patch, Opensuse, Solaris 2025-04-12 N/A
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
CVE-2016-1247 4 Canonical, Debian, F5 and 1 more 4 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Nginx and 1 more 2025-04-12 7.8 High
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 users with access to the web server user account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the error log.
CVE-2014-3422 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2025-04-12 N/A
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/.