Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2017-1002101 1 Kubernetes 1 Kubernetes 2019-10-09 5.5 MEDIUM 9.6 CRITICAL
In Kubernetes versions 1.3.x, 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x and prior to versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9 and 1.9.4 containers using subpath volume mounts with any volume type (including non-privileged pods, subject to file permissions) can access files/directories outside of the volume, including the host's filesystem.
CVE-2016-9595 2 Redhat, Theforeman 3 Satellite, Satellite Capsule, Katello 2019-10-09 3.6 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.
CVE-2016-9602 2 Debian, Qemu 2 Debian Linux, Qemu 2019-10-09 9.0 HIGH 8.8 HIGH
Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
CVE-2016-8641 1 Nagios 1 Nagios 2019-10-09 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios 4.2.x that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary files and insecurely changing the ownership afterwards. It's possible for the local attacker to create symbolic links before the files are to be created and possibly escalating the privileges with the ownership change.
CVE-2015-0796 1 Opensuse 1 Open Buildservice 2019-10-09 4.6 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
In open buildservice 2.6 before 2.6.3, 2.5 before 2.5.7 and 2.4 before 2.4.8 the source service patch application could generate non-standard files like symlinks or device nodes, which could allow buildservice users to break of confinement or cause denial of service attacks on the source service.
CVE-2017-8108 1 Cisofy 1 Lynis 2019-10-03 4.6 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2017-6981 1 Apple 2 Iphone Os, Mac Os X 2019-10-03 9.3 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that uses symlinks.
CVE-2017-2390 1 Apple 4 Iphone Os, Mac Os X, Tvos and 1 more 2019-10-03 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves symlink mishandling in the "libarchive" component. It allows local users to change arbitrary directory permissions via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-7529 3 Canonical, Redhat, Sos Project 8 Ubuntu Linux, Enterprise Linux Desktop, Enterprise Linux Server and 5 more 2019-09-27 4.6 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.
CVE-2014-3219 2 Fedoraproject, Fishshell 2 Fedora, Fish 2019-09-24 4.3 MEDIUM 7.8 HIGH
fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.
CVE-2018-14329 1 Htslib 1 Htslib 2019-09-18 3.3 LOW 4.7 MEDIUM
In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
CVE-2015-6240 1 Redhat 1 Ansible 2019-09-16 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.
CVE-2018-20834 1 Node-tar Project 1 Node-tar 2019-09-04 6.4 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).
CVE-2018-20990 1 Tar Project 1 Tar 2019-08-28 6.4 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive.
CVE-2019-13229 1 Deepin 1 Deepin Clone 2019-08-14 6.6 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a fixed path /tmp/partclone.log in the Helper::getPartitionSizeInfo() function to write a log file as root, and follows symlinks there. An unprivileged user can prepare a symlink attack there to create or overwrite files in arbitrary file system locations. The content is not attacker controlled.
CVE-2017-7418 1 Proftpd 1 Proftpd 2019-08-08 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
ProFTPD before 1.3.5e and 1.3.6 before 1.3.6rc5 controls whether the home directory of a user could contain a symbolic link through the AllowChrootSymlinks configuration option, but checks only the last path component when enforcing AllowChrootSymlinks. Attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. The threat model includes an attacker who is not granted full filesystem access by a hosting provider, but can reconfigure the home directory of an FTP user.
CVE-2018-19044 1 Keepalived 1 Keepalived 2019-08-06 3.3 LOW 4.7 MEDIUM
keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for pathnames with symlinks when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. This allowed local users to overwrite arbitrary files if fs.protected_symlinks is set to 0, as demonstrated by a symlink from /tmp/keepalived.data or /tmp/keepalived.stats to /etc/passwd.
CVE-2017-15111 1 Keycloak-httpd-client-install Project 1 Keycloak-httpd-client-install 2019-08-06 3.6 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
keycloak-httpd-client-install versions before 0.8 insecurely creates temporary file allowing local attackers to overwrite other files via symbolic link.
CVE-2008-4190 2 Openswan, Xelerance 2 Openswan, Openswan 2019-07-29 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files. NOTE: in many distributions and the upstream version, this tool has been disabled.
CVE-2019-13227 1 Deepin 1 Deepin-clone 2019-07-28 6.6 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
In GUI mode, deepin-clone before 1.1.3 creates a log file at the fixed path /tmp/.deepin-clone.log as root, and follows symlinks there. An unprivileged user can prepare a symlink attack there to create or overwrite files in arbitrary file system locations. The content is not attacker controlled.
CVE-2019-13228 1 Deepin 1 Deepin-clone 2019-07-28 6.6 MEDIUM 4.7 MEDIUM
deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a fixed path /tmp/repo.iso in the BootDoctor::fix() function to download an ISO file, and follows symlinks there. An unprivileged user can prepare a symlink attack there to create or overwrite files in arbitrary file system locations. The content is not attacker controlled. By winning a race condition to replace the /tmp/repo.iso symlink by an attacker controlled ISO file, further privilege escalation may be possible.
CVE-2019-13636 1 Gnu 1 Patch 2019-07-24 5.8 MEDIUM 5.9 MEDIUM
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c.
CVE-2019-11230 1 Avast 1 Antivirus 2019-07-24 3.6 LOW 4.4 MEDIUM
In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Update.log file with a symlink. The next time the product attempts to write to the log file, the target of the symlink is renamed. This defect can be exploited to rename a critical product file (e.g., AvastSvc.exe), causing the product to fail to start on the next system restart.
CVE-2019-11503 1 Canonical 1 Snapd 2019-07-13 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
snap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir() to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass."
CVE-2011-3870 2 Puppet, Puppetlabs 2 Puppet, Puppet 2019-07-10 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.
CVE-2011-3869 2 Puppet, Puppetlabs 2 Puppet, Puppet 2019-07-10 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.
CVE-2015-1331 1 Linuxcontainers 1 Lxc 2019-05-31 4.9 MEDIUM N/A
lxclock.c in LXC 1.1.2 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /run/lock/lxc/*.
CVE-2015-1335 2 Canonical, Linuxcontainers 2 Ubuntu Linux, Lxc 2019-05-31 7.2 HIGH N/A
lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container administrators to escape AppArmor confinement via a symlink attack on a (1) mount target or (2) bind mount source.
CVE-2019-9949 1 Westerndigital 18 My Cloud, My Cloud Dl2100, My Cloud Dl2100 Firmware and 15 more 2019-05-29 9.0 HIGH 8.8 HIGH
Western Digital My Cloud Cloud, Mirror Gen2, EX2 Ultra, EX2100, EX4100, DL2100, DL4100, PR2100 and PR4100 before firmware 2.31.183 are affected by a code execution (as root, starting from a low-privilege user session) vulnerability. The cgi-bin/webfile_mgr.cgi file allows arbitrary file write by abusing symlinks. Specifically, this occurs by uploading a tar archive that contains a symbolic link, then uploading another archive that writes a file to the link using the "cgi_untar" command. Other commands might also be susceptible. Code can be executed because the "name" parameter passed to the cgi_unzip command is not sanitized.
CVE-2017-1000115 3 Debian, Mercurial, Redhat 8 Debian Linux, Mercurial, Enterprise Linux Desktop and 5 more 2019-05-10 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
Mercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository
CVE-2018-19638 1 Opensuse 1 Supportutils 2019-05-08 3.3 LOW 4.7 MEDIUM
In supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1 and if pacemaker is installed on the system, an unprivileged user could have overwritten arbitrary files in the directory that is used by supportutils to collect the log files.
CVE-2018-19637 1 Opensuse 1 Supportutils 2019-05-08 3.6 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, wrote data to static file /tmp/supp_log, allowing local attackers to overwrite files on systems without symlink protection
CVE-2019-11502 1 Canonical 1 Snapd 2019-05-02 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. Consequently, that user had unintended access to a private /tmp directory.
CVE-2018-17567 1 Jekyllrb 1 Jekyll 2019-04-26 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the "include" key in the "_config.yml" file.
CVE-2013-2217 3 Jeff Ortel, Opensuse, Redhat 3 Suds, Opensuse, Enterprise Linux 2019-04-22 1.2 LOW N/A
cache.py in Suds 0.4, when tempdir is set to None, allows local users to redirect SOAP queries and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on a cache file with a predictable name in /tmp/suds/.
CVE-2013-2561 2 Openfabrics, Redhat 2 Ibutils, Enterprise Linux 2019-04-22 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-2013-1976 1 Redhat 2 Enterprise Linux, Jboss Enterprise Web Server 2019-04-22 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.
CVE-2014-1859 3 Fedoraproject, Numpy, Redhat 3 Fedora, Numpy, Enterprise Linux 2019-04-22 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2013-0200 2 Hp, Redhat 2 Linux Imaging And Printing Project, Enterprise Linux 2019-04-22 1.9 LOW N/A
HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.12.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/hpcupsfilterc_#.bmp, (2) /tmp/hpcupsfilterk_#.bmp, (3) /tmp/hpcups_job#.out, (4) /tmp/hpijs_#####.out, or (5) /tmp/hpps_job#.out temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2722.
CVE-2018-14651 3 Debian, Gluster, Redhat 3 Debian Linux, Glusterfs, Enterprise Linux 2019-04-02 6.5 MEDIUM 8.8 HIGH
It was found that the fix for CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930, and CVE-2018-10926 was incomplete. A remote, authenticated attacker could use one of these flaws to execute arbitrary code, create arbitrary files, or cause denial of service on glusterfs server nodes via symlinks to relative paths.
CVE-2016-4679 1 Apple 4 Iphone Os, Mac Os X, Tvos and 1 more 2019-03-22 4.3 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libarchive" component, which allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive containing a symlink.
CVE-2014-4480 1 Apple 2 Iphone Os, Tvos 2019-03-08 10.0 HIGH N/A
Directory traversal vulnerability in afc in AppleFileConduit in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 and Apple TV before 7.0.3 allows attackers to access unintended filesystem locations by creating a symlink.
CVE-2014-4372 1 Apple 2 Iphone Os, Tvos 2019-03-08 3.6 LOW N/A
syslogd in the syslog subsystem in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
CVE-2014-1272 1 Apple 2 Iphone Os, Tvos 2019-03-08 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
CrashHouseKeeping in Crash Reporting in Apple iOS before 7.1 and Apple TV before 6.1 allows local users to change arbitrary file permissions by leveraging a symlink.
CVE-2018-12026 1 Phusion 1 Passenger 2019-03-08 7.5 HIGH 9.8 CRITICAL
During the spawning of a malicious Passenger-managed application, SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 allows such applications to replace key files or directories in the spawning communication directory with symlinks. This then could result in arbitrary reads and writes, which in turn can result in information disclosure and privilege escalation.
CVE-2019-8372 1 Lg 1 Lha.sys 2019-02-26 6.9 MEDIUM 7.0 HIGH
The LHA.sys driver before 1.1.1811.2101 in LG Device Manager exposes functionality that allows low-privileged users to read and write arbitrary physical memory via specially crafted IOCTL requests and elevate system privileges. This occurs because the device object has an associated symbolic link and an open DACL.
CVE-2016-9566 1 Nagios 1 Nagios 2018-12-25 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
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-2018-6557 1 Canonical 1 Ubuntu Linux 2018-11-21 4.4 MEDIUM 7.0 HIGH
The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions were disabled.
CVE-2016-3096 2 Fedoraproject, Redhat 2 Fedora, Ansible 2018-10-30 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.
CVE-2015-1196 3 Gnu, Opensuse, Oracle 3 Patch, Opensuse, Solaris 2018-10-30 4.3 MEDIUM N/A
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.