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Total 925 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2014-3982 1 Cisofy 1 Lynis 2014-06-09 3.3 LOW N/A
include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 on AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.##### file.
CVE-2013-4215 1 Nagios 1 Plugins 2014-05-06 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
The IPXPING_COMMAND in contrib/check_ipxping.c in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/ipxping/ipxping.
CVE-2013-0350 1 David Leonard 1 Pkstat 2014-05-05 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
tmp_smtp.c in pktstat 1.8.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/smtp.log.
CVE-2011-3154 1 Canonical 2 Ubuntu Linux, Update-manager 2014-05-04 1.9 LOW N/A
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
CVE-2001-1593 1 Gnu 1 A2ps 2014-04-30 2.1 LOW N/A
The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVE-2013-4472 1 Freedesktop 1 Poppler 2014-04-23 3.3 LOW N/A
The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.
CVE-2011-4105 1 Robert Ancell 1 Lightdm 2014-03-07 1.9 LOW N/A
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
CVE-2011-3153 2 Canonical, Robert Ancell 2 Ubuntu Linux, Lightdm 2014-03-07 1.9 LOW N/A
dmrc.c in Light Display Manager (aka LightDM) before 1.1.1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.dmrc.
CVE-2013-6402 1 Hp 1 Linux Imaging And Printing Project 2014-03-05 2.1 LOW N/A
base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hp-pkservice.log temporary file.
CVE-2013-6891 2 Apple, Canonical 2 Cups, Ubuntu Linux 2014-03-05 1.2 LOW N/A
lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.
CVE-2010-4226 2 Gnu, Opensuse 2 Cpio, Opensuse 2014-02-07 5.0 MEDIUM N/A
cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.
CVE-2012-0786 1 Augeas 1 Augeas 2014-01-23 3.3 LOW N/A
The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augnew file.
CVE-2013-2142 1 Libimobiledevice 1 Libimobiledevice 2014-01-21 3.3 LOW N/A
userpref.c in libimobiledevice 1.1.4, when $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are not set, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) HostCertificate.pem, (2) HostPrivateKey.pem, (3) libimobiledevicerc, (4) RootCertificate.pem, or (5) RootPrivateKey.pem in /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice/.
CVE-2009-5080 1 Gnu 1 Groff 2013-12-12 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.
CVE-2009-5081 1 Gnu 1 Groff 2013-12-12 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.
CVE-2009-5079 1 Gnu 1 Groff 2013-12-12 3.3 LOW N/A
The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a gro#####.tmp or /tmp/##### temporary file.
CVE-2013-1495 1 Oracle 1 Support Tools 2013-10-10 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
asr in Oracle Auto Service Request in Oracle Support Tools before 4.3.2 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a predictable filename in /tmp.
CVE-2013-1444 2 Debian, Marc Vertes 2 Txt2man, Txt2man 2013-10-10 3.3 LOW N/A
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.
CVE-2013-4136 2 Phusion, Ruby-lang 2 Passenger, Ruby 2013-10-10 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h in Phusion Passenger gem before 4.0.6 for Ruby allows local users to gain privileges or possibly change the ownership of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/.
CVE-2013-4169 1 Gnome 1 Gnome Display Manager 2013-09-11 6.9 MEDIUM N/A
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.