Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1665 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v3.1
CVE-2003-0517 1 Mgetty Project 1 Mgetty 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
faxrunqd.in in mgetty 1.1.28 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on JOB files.
CVE-1999-1386 1 Perl 1 Perl 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.
CVE-2005-3011 2 Gnu, Redhat 2 Texinfo, Enterprise Linux 2026-04-16 N/A
The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2004-0967 2 Aladdin Enterprises, Redhat 2 Ghostscript, Enterprise Linux 2026-04-16 N/A
The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2001-1043 1 Argosoft 1 Ftp Server 2026-04-16 7.5 High
ArGoSoft FTP Server 1.2.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and directories by uploading a .lnk (link) file that points to the target file.
CVE-2000-0972 1 Hp 1 Hp-ux 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.
CVE-2005-2714 1 Apple 2 Mac Os X, Mac Os X Server 2026-04-16 N/A
passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file.
CVE-2005-0824 1 Mathopd 1 Mathopd 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.
CVE-1999-0783 1 Freebsd 1 Freebsd 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.
CVE-2002-0824 1 Freebsd 1 Point-to-point Protocol Daemon 2026-04-16 N/A
BSD pppd allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device.
CVE-2002-2374 1 Sun 1 Patchpro 2026-04-16 N/A
Unspecified vulnerability in pprosetup in Sun PatchPro 2.0 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "unsafe use of temporary files."
CVE-2004-0689 3 Debian, Kde, Redhat 3 Debian Linux, Kde, Enterprise Linux 2026-04-16 7.1 High
KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to "stale" locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.
CVE-2005-1916 2 Debian, Ekg Project 2 Debian Linux, Ekg 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2002-2323 1 Sun 1 Solaris Pc Netlink 2026-04-16 7.5 High
Sun PC NetLink 1.0 through 1.2 does not properly set the access control list (ACL) for files and directories that use symbolic links and have been restored from backup, which could allow local or remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2005-1880 1 Everybuddy 1 Everybuddy 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
everybuddy 0.4.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.
CVE-2005-3126 1 Antiword 1 Antiword 2026-04-16 N/A
The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.
CVE-2002-2382 1 Cvsup 1 Cvsup 2026-04-16 N/A
cvsupd.sh in CVSup 1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on /var/tmp/cvsupd.out.
CVE-2002-0793 1 Blackberry 1 Qnx Neutrino Real-time Operating System 2026-04-16 5.5 Medium
Hard link and possibly symbolic link following vulnerabilities in QNX RTOS 4.25 (aka QNX4) allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the -f argument to the monitor utility, (2) the -d argument to dumper, (3) the -c argument to crttrap, or (4) using the Watcom sample utility.
CVE-1999-0794 1 Microsoft 2 Excel, Office 2026-04-16 N/A
Microsoft Excel does not warn a user when a macro is present in a Symbolic Link (SYLK) format file.
CVE-2005-2991 1 Ncompress 1 Ncompress 2026-04-16 5.0 Medium
ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files using (1) zdiff or (2) zcmp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0970.