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CWE-59

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CRITICAL
691
HIGH
425
MEDIUM
43
LOW
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8.8
CVE-2018-14651

It was found that the fix for CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930, and CVE-2018-10926 was inc

8.4
CVE-2018-1781

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local user to

8.1
CVE-2018-13054

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows conf

8.1
CVE-2018-10897

A directory traversal issue was found in reposync, a part of yum-utils, where reposync fails to sanitize paths in remote

7.8
CVE-2013-4364

(1) oo-analytics-export and (2) oo-analytics-import in the openshift-origin-broker-util package in Red Hat OpenShift Ent

7.8
CVE-2017-18078

systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the

7.8
CVE-2014-3219

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

7.8
CVE-2018-6954

systemd-tmpfiles in systemd through 237 mishandles symlinks present in non-terminal path components, which allows local

7.8
CVE-2018-10722

In Cylance CylancePROTECT before 1470, an unprivileged local user can obtain SYSTEM privileges because users have Modify

7.8
CVE-2018-10380

kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

7.8
CVE-2018-1780

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow a local db2 inst

7.6
CVE-2016-9602

Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside

7.5
CVE-2017-1000420

Syncthing version 0.14.33 and older is vulnerable to symlink traversal resulting in arbitrary file overwrite

7.5
CVE-2017-2619

Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access

7.5
CVE-2018-1000073

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earl

7.5
CVE-2018-12015

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mecha

7.5
CVE-2018-11637

Information leakage vulnerability in the administrative console in Dialogic PowerMedia XMS through 3.5 allows remote att

7.5
CVE-2011-2765

pyro before 3.15 unsafely handles pid files in temporary directory locations and opening the pid file as root. An attack

7.5
CVE-2018-17567

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 specify

7.4
CVE-2018-1834

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 contains a vulnerability tha

7.3
CVE-2016-9595

A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A loca

7.3
CVE-2017-7500

It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directo

7.1
CVE-2013-0159

The fedora-business-cards package before 1-0.1.beta1.fc17 on Fedora 17 and before 1-0.1.beta1.fc18 on Fedora 18 allows l

7.0
CVE-2018-6557

The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1u

6.7
CVE-2016-8641

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios 4.2.x that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary fil

6.5
CVE-2018-14335

An issue was discovered in H2 1.4.197. Insecure handling of permissions in the backup function allows attackers to read

6.5
CVE-2017-15097

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to th

6.5
CVE-2018-15351

Denial of service via crafting malicious link and sending it to a privileged user can cause Denial of Service in Kraftwa

6.3
CVE-2015-0796

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

5.9
CVE-2018-1196

Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d lin

5.5
CVE-2014-1859

(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in Nu

5.5
CVE-2014-5509

clipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clip

5.5
CVE-2014-4996

lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a s

5.5
CVE-2017-15111

keycloak-httpd-client-install versions before 0.8 insecurely creates temporary file allowing local attackers to overwrit

5.5
CVE-2017-18188

OpenRC opentmpfiles through 0.1.3, when the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, allows local users to obtain ow

5.5
CVE-2014-2312

The main function in android_main.cpp in thermald allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on

5.5
CVE-2018-4112

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "ATS" compon

5.5
CVE-2014-0243

Check_MK through 1.2.5i2p1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack to a file in /var/lib/check_m

5.5
CVE-2014-4150

The scheme48-send-definition function in cmuscheme48.el in Scheme 48 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via

5.3
CVE-2018-5107

The printing process can bypass local access protections to read files available through symlinks, bypassing local file

5.0
CVE-2017-5188

The bs_worker code in open build service before 20170320 followed relative symlinks, allowing reading of files outside o

4.7
CVE-2018-6198

w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local

4.7
CVE-2018-14329

In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink att

4.7
CVE-2018-19044

keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for pathnames with symlinks when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData

4.4
CVE-2018-1063

Context relabeling of filesystems is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, allowing a local, unprivileged malicious entity

8.8
CVE-2017-2916

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the /api/CONFIG/restore functionality of Circle with Disney running firmware 2.0.

7.8
CVE-2016-6253

mail.local in NetBSD versions 6.0 through 6.0.6, 6.1 through 6.1.5, and 7.0 allows local users to change ownership of or

7.8
CVE-2016-9774

The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubu

7.8
CVE-2017-6981

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The

7.8
CVE-2015-7723

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

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What is CWE-59?

CWE-59 (CWE-59) is a weakness category in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) system maintained by MITRE. It describes a class of software or hardware vulnerability that can lead to security issues.

How many CVEs are classified as CWE-59?

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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