Vulnerabilities (CVE)

Filtered by CWE-59
Total 1391 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2009-5082 2 Gnu, Openwall 2 Groff, Owl 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) configure and (2) config.guess scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.20.1 on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (aka Owl) improperly create temporary files upon a failure of the mktemp function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2011-1031 1 Feh Project 1 Feh 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The feh_unique_filename function in utils.c in feh 1.11.2 and earlier might allow local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/feh_ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0702.
CVE-2014-0027 1 Cmu 1 Flite 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVE-2011-0727 1 Gnome 1 Gdm 2025-04-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.
CVE-2012-3440 2 Redhat, Todd Miller 2 Enterprise Linux, Sudo 2025-04-11 5.6 MEDIUM N/A
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
CVE-2010-0788 1 Ncpfs 1 Ncpfs 2025-04-11 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
ncpfs 2.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or possibly gain privileges via symlink attacks involving the (1) ncpmount and (2) ncpumount programs.
CVE-2011-1144 1 Php 1 Pear 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The installer in PEAR 1.9.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the package.xml file, related to the (1) download_dir, (2) cache_dir, (3) tmp_dir, and (4) pear-build-download directories. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1072.
CVE-2013-0200 2 Hp, Redhat 2 Linux Imaging And Printing Project, Enterprise Linux 2025-04-11 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-2014-1638 1 Debian 1 Localepurge 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
(1) debian/postrm and (2) debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.
CVE-2010-0792 1 Thibault Godouet 1 Fcron 2025-04-11 1.9 LOW N/A
fcrontab in fcron before 3.0.5 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
CVE-2011-3869 2 Puppet, Puppetlabs 2 Puppet, Puppet 2025-04-11 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-2011-2722 1 Hp 1 Linux Imaging And Printing Project 2025-04-11 1.2 LOW N/A
The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.
CVE-2011-1384 1 Ibm 2 Aix, Invscout.rte 2025-04-11 4.0 MEDIUM N/A
The (1) bin/invscoutClient_VPD_Survey and (2) sbin/invscout_lsvpd programs in invscout.rte before 2.2.0.19 on IBM AIX 7.1, 6.1, 5.3, and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files, or trigger inventory scout operations on arbitrary files, via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.
CVE-2011-1920 2 Ihji, Netbsd 2 Pmake, Netbsd 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The make include files in NetBSD before 1.6.2, as used in pmake 1.111 and other products, allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_depend##### temporary file, related to (1) bsd.lib.mk and (2) bsd.prog.mk.
CVE-2011-3616 1 Conky 1 Conky 2025-04-11 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.
CVE-2009-5007 1 Cisco 1 Anyconnect Ssl Vpn 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
The Cisco trial client on Linux for Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified temporary files.
CVE-2010-2056 1 Gnu 1 Gv 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2011-5146 1 Ingumadev 1 Bokken 2025-04-11 2.6 LOW N/A
Bokken before 1.6 and 1.5-x before 1.5-3 for Debian allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/graph.dot.
CVE-2010-4338 2 Debian, Jwilk 2 Linux, Ocrodjvu 2025-04-11 6.2 MEDIUM N/A
ocrodjvu 0.4.6-1 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are generated when Cuneiform is invoked as the OCR engine.
CVE-2012-2093 1 Gajim 1 Gajim 2025-04-11 3.3 LOW N/A
src/common/latex.py in Gajim 0.15 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary latex file, related to the get_tmpfile_name function.