CWE-59
1,842 CVEs • Abstraction: Base • Likelihood of Exploit: Medium
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
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.
CVEs (1,842)
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3Debian Hardlink ProjectRedhat3Debian Linux Enterprise LinuxHardlinkNov 21, 2024 Nov 26, 2019 N/A· v4 7.1 HIGH· v3 3.6 LOW· v2 Hardlink before 0.1.2 operates on full file system objects path names which can allow a local attacker to use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks. |
openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink...Show more |
1Eracent 6Eda Agent Epa AgentEpm Agent+3 moreJun 17, 2026 Nov 22, 2019 N/A· v4 5.5 MEDIUM· v3 2.1 LOW· v2 An issue was discovered in Eracent EDA, EPA, EPM, EUA, FLW, and SUM Agent through 10.2.26. The agent executable, when installed for non-root operations (scanning), can be forced to copy files from the filesystem to other...Show more |
Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to ro...Show more |
python-rply before 0.7.4 insecurely creates temporary files. |
3Debian FedoraprojectLinuxfoundation3Debian Linux FedoraFoomatic FiltersNov 21, 2024 Nov 19, 2019 N/A· v4 5.5 MEDIUM· v3 3.3 LOW· v2 foomatic-rip filter v4.0.12 and prior used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the debug mode was enabled. This flaw may be exploited by a local attacker to conduc...Show more |
2Debian Linuxfoundation2Debian Linux Foomatic FiltersNov 21, 2024 Nov 19, 2019 N/A· v4 5.5 MEDIUM· v3 3.3 LOW· v2 foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the debug mode was enabled. This flaw may be exploited by a local attacker to conduct s...Show more |
A symlink issue exists in Iceweasel-firegpg before 0.6 due to insecure tempfile handling. |
3Debian Tesseract OcrTesseract Project3Debian Linux TesseractTesseract OcrSep 14, 2026 Nov 14, 2019 N/A· v4 4.7 MEDIUM· v3 6.3 MEDIUM· v2 In tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing the PID and creating a link to the user's file. |
2Debian Pithos Project2Debian Linux PithosNov 21, 2024 Nov 13, 2019 N/A· v4 5.5 MEDIUM· v3 3.6 LOW· v2 pithos before 0.3.5 allows overwrite of arbitrary files via symlinks. |
2Crun Project Fedoraproject2Crun FedoraJun 17, 2026 Nov 13, 2019 N/A· v4 8.6 HIGH· v3 5.0 MEDIUM· v2 An issue was discovered in crun before 0.10.5. With a crafted image, it doesn't correctly check whether a target is a symlink, resulting in access to files outside of the container. This occurs in libcrun/linux.c and lib...Show more |
Symlink Traversal vulnerability in Belkin N900 due to misconfiguration in the SMB service. |
mailscanner before 4.79.11-2.1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-5313. |
1Microsoft 2Visual Studio 2017 Visual Studio 2019Jun 17, 2026 Nov 12, 2019 N/A· v4 6.5 MEDIUM· v3 5.8 MEDIUM· v2 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting archived files, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. |
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the StartTileData.dll handles file creation in protected locations, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1...Show more |
1Microsoft 8Windows 10 Windows 7Windows 8.1+5 moreJun 17, 2026 Nov 12, 2019 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the iphlpsvc.dll handles file creation allowing for a file overwrite, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019...Show more |
1Microsoft 6Windows 10 1709 Windows 10 1803Windows 10 1809+3 moreAug 12, 2026 Nov 12, 2019 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 6.1 MEDIUM· v2 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated att...Show more |
2Atop Project Debian2Atop Debian LinuxNov 21, 2024 Nov 12, 2019 N/A· v4 7.8 HIGH· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling |
In Helm 2.x before 2.15.2, commands that deal with loading a chart as a directory or packaging a chart provide an opportunity for a maliciously designed chart to include sensitive content such as /etc/passwd, or to execu...Show more |
Pacemaker before 1.1.6 configure script creates temporary files insecurely |