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CWE-59

1,500 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.

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CVEs (1,500)

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CVE-2008-4964
1Krzysztof Kozlowski
1Konwert
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 6, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
filters/any-UTF8 in konwert 1.8 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/any-##### temporary file.
CVE-2008-4960
1Dov Grobgeld
1Impose+
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
impose in impose+ 0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-tmp.ps and (2) /tmp/bboxx-* temporary files.
CVE-2008-4959
1Gpsdrive
1Gpsdrive Scripts
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
geo-code in gpsdrive-scripts 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/geo.google, (2) /tmp/geo.yahoo, (3) /tmp/geo.coords, and (4) /tmp/geo#####.coords temporary files.
CVE-2008-4958
1Alejandro Garrido Mota
1Gdrae
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
gdrae in gdrae 0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gdrae/palabra temporary file.
CVE-2008-4957
1Gccxml
1Gccxml
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
find_flags in Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) 0.9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.cxx temporary file.
CVE-2008-4956
1Firewallbuilder
1Fwbuilder
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
fwb_install in fwbuilder 2.1.19 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/ssh-agent.##### temporary file.
CVE-2008-4955
1Duncan Webb
1Freevo
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.2 MEDIUM· v2
freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3) /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files. NOTE: this iss...Show more
freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3) /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability when a verbose debug mode is activated by modifying source code.Show less
CVE-2008-4954
1Fumitoshi Ukai
1Fml
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
mead.pl in fml 4.0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/debugbuf temporary file.
CVE-2008-4953
1Firehol
1Firehol
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, s...Show more
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.Show less
CVE-2008-4952
1Emacs
1Emacs Jabber
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
emacs-jabber in emacs-jabber 0.7.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.log temporary file.
CVE-2008-4951
1Gplhost
1Dtc Common
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
dtc 0.29.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/awstats.log, (b) /tmp/spam.log.#####, and (c) /tmp/spam_err.log temporary files, related to the (1) accesslog.php and (2) sa-wra...Show more
dtc 0.29.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/awstats.log, (b) /tmp/spam.log.#####, and (c) /tmp/spam_err.log temporary files, related to the (1) accesslog.php and (2) sa-wrapper scripts.Show less
CVE-2008-4950
1Debian
1Dpkg Cross
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
gccross in dpkg-cross 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmp/gccross2.log temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "There is no sense in t...Show more
gccross in dpkg-cross 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmp/gccross2.log temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "There is no sense in this bug - the script ... is called under specific cross-building environments within a chroot.Show less
CVE-2008-4949
1Manoj Srivastava
1Dist
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
dist 3.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/cil#####, (b) /tmp/pdo#####, and (c) /tmp/pdn##### temporary files, related to the (1) patcil and (2) patdiff scripts.
CVE-2008-4948
1Nostatic
1Digitaldj
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
fest.pl in digitaldj 0.7.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/ddj_fest.tmp temporary file.
CVE-2008-4947
1Guus Sliepen
1Dhis Server
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
dhis-dummy-log-engine in dhis-server 5.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/dhis-dummy-log-engine.log temporary file.
CVE-2008-4946
1Convirture
1Convirt
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
convirt 0.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/set_output temporary file, related to the (1) _template_/provision.sh, (2) Linux_CD_Install/provision.sh, (3) Fedora_PV_Insta...Show more
convirt 0.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/set_output temporary file, related to the (1) _template_/provision.sh, (2) Linux_CD_Install/provision.sh, (3) Fedora_PV_Install/provision.sh, (4) CentOS_PV_Install/provision.sh, (5) common/provision.sh, (6) example/provision.sh, and (7) Windows_CD_Install/provision.sh scripts in image_store/.Show less
CVE-2008-4945
1Tivano
1Cdrw Taper
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
amlabel-cdrw in cdrw-taper 0.4 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack involving a /tmp/amlabel-cdrw.##### temporary directory.
CVE-2008-4944
1Gleydson Mazioli Da Silva
1Cdcontrol
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
writtercontrol in cdcontrol 1.90 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/v-recorder*-out temporary files.
CVE-2008-4943
1Iglues
1Bulmages Servers
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
bulmages-servers 0.11.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/error.txt, (b) /tmp/errores.txt, and possibly other temporary files, related to the (1) creabulmafact, (2) crea...Show more
bulmages-servers 0.11.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/error.txt, (b) /tmp/errores.txt, and possibly other temporary files, related to the (1) creabulmafact, (2) creabulmacont, and possibly (3) actualizabulmacont, (4) installbulmages-db, and (5) actualizabulmafact scripts.Show less
CVE-2008-4942
1Audiolink
1Audiolink
Apr 23, 2026
Nov 5, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
6.9 MEDIUM· v2
audiolink in audiolink 0.05 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/audiolink.db.tmp and (2) /tmp/audiolink.tb.tmp temporary files.