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CWE-59

45
CRITICAL
691
HIGH
425
MEDIUM
43
LOW
1,232 CVEs · Page 23/25
7.0
CVE-2019-8454

A local attacker can create a hard-link between a file to which the Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows bef

7.0
CVE-2019-13226

deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a predictable path /tmp/.deepin-clone/mount/<block-dev-basename> in the Helper::temporary

6.8
CVE-2019-12672

A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with physical ac

6.8
CVE-2019-3690

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (pl

6.7
CVE-2018-1630

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user

6.7
CVE-2018-1631

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user

6.7
CVE-2018-1632

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user

6.7
CVE-2018-1633

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user

6.7
CVE-2018-1634

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition 12.1 could allow a local user logged in with database administrator user

6.5
CVE-2010-0398

The init script in autokey before 0.61.3-2 allows local attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

6.5
CVE-2019-1425

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting

6.4
CVE-2019-1002101

The kubectl cp command allows copying files between containers and the user machine. To copy files from a container, Kub

6.3
CVE-2019-0986

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles symlin

6.3
CVE-2019-1053

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell fails to validate folder shortcuts. An attacker wh

6.3
CVE-2013-1429

Lintian before 2.5.12 allows remote attackers to gather information about the "host" system using crafted symlinks.

5.9
CVE-2019-13636

In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affect

5.5
CVE-2019-11879

The WEBrick gem 1.4.2 for Ruby allows directory traversal if the attacker once had local access to create a symlink to a

5.5
CVE-2019-13227

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

5.5
CVE-2019-13229

deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a fixed path /tmp/partclone.log in the Helper::getPartitionSizeInfo() function to write a

5.5
CVE-2019-1074

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows where certain folders, with local service privilege,

5.5
CVE-2019-1270

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to s

5.5
CVE-2019-18466

An issue was discovered in Podman in libpod before 1.6.0. It resolves a symlink in the host context during a copy operat

5.5
CVE-2019-18645

The quarantine restoration function in Total Defense Anti-virus 11.5.2.28 is vulnerable to symbolic link attacks, allowi

5.5
CVE-2009-0035

alsa-utils 1.0.19 and later versions allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack via the /usr/b

5.5
CVE-2011-5271

Pacemaker before 1.1.6 configure script creates temporary files insecurely

5.5
CVE-2010-4817

pithos before 0.3.5 allows overwrite of arbitrary files via symlinks.

5.5
CVE-2011-2923

foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering t

5.5
CVE-2011-2924

foomatic-rip filter v4.0.12 and prior used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by renderin

5.5
CVE-2014-1938

python-rply before 0.7.4 insecurely creates temporary files.

5.5
CVE-2019-17445

An issue was discovered in Eracent EDA, EPA, EPM, EUA, FLW, and SUM Agent through 10.2.26. The agent executable, when in

5.5
CVE-2019-3749

Dell Command Update versions prior to 3.1 contain an Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability. A local authenticated malici

5.5
CVE-2019-3750

Dell Command Update versions prior to 3.1 contain an Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability. A local authenticated malici

5.5
CVE-2013-4184

Perl module Data::UUID from CPAN version 1.219 vulnerable to symlink attacks

5.5
CVE-2019-8568

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. T

5.5
CVE-2019-8789

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. T

5.3
CVE-2019-5438

Path traversal using symlink in npm harp module versions <= 0.29.0.

5.1
CVE-2019-3902

A flaw was found in Mercurial before 4.9. It was possible to use symlinks and subrepositories to defeat Mercurial's path

4.7
CVE-2019-13228

deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a fixed path /tmp/repo.iso in the BootDoctor::fix() function to download an ISO file, and

4.7
CVE-2010-3095

mailscanner before 4.79.11-2.1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temp

4.7
CVE-2011-1136

In tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing the PID and creating a link to th

4.4
CVE-2019-11230

In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing t

3.3
CVE-2019-6679

On BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0.2-14.1.2.2, 14.0.0.5-14.0.1, 13.1.1.5-13.1.3.1, 12.1.4.1-12.1.5, 11.6.4-11.6.5,

2.8
CVE-2018-19637

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, wrote data to static file /tmp/supp_log, allowing local attackers to overwrite f

2.2
CVE-2018-19638

In supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1 and if pacemaker is installed on the system, an unprivileged user could have o

2.2
CVE-2018-17955

In yast2-multipath before version 4.1.1 a static temporary filename allows local attackers to overwrite files on systems

9.9
CVE-2018-5225

In browser editing in Atlassian Bitbucket Server from version 4.13.0 before 5.4.8 (the fixed version for 4.13.0 through

9.8
CVE-2018-12026

During the spawning of a malicious Passenger-managed application, SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 al

9.8
CVE-2018-1000544

rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that c

8.8
CVE-2017-1002101

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

8.8
CVE-2018-10928

A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to

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What is CWE-59?

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There are 1,879 CVE records associated with CWE-59 in our database. Of these, 45 are critical severity, 691 are high severity, and 425 are medium severity.

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