CVE-2002-2001

jmcce 1.3.8 in Mandrake 8.1 creates log files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2005-2231

High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat 1.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2231

High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat 1.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2005-2180

Removed by vendor...

GNU GNATS 4.0/4.1 - Gen-Index Arbitrary Local File Disclosure/Overwrite

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14169/info GNU GNATS gen-index allows local attackers to disclose and overwrite arbitrary files. A successful attack can result in privilege escalation and a complete compromise of the affected computer as gen-index is installed with setuid permissions. G...

CVE-2002-1890

rhmask 1.0-9 in Red Hat Linux 7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the mask file...

CVE-2005-2032

Unknown vulnerability in lpadmin on Sun Solaris 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files...

CVE-2001-1494

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command...

CVE-2001-1487

popauth utility in Qualcomm Qpopper 4.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute commands as the pop user via a symlink attack on the -trace file option...

CVE-2002-1737

CVE-2002-1737 affects Astaro Security Linux 2.016, where a flaw allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to creation of world-writable files and directories. The root cause is insufficient permission controls on created files/dirs, enabling local escalation. Impact is local confidentia...

CVE-2005-1879

LutelWall 0.97 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget...

CVE-2005-1879

LutelWall 0.97 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget...

CVE-2004-2097

Multiple scripts on SuSE Linux 9.0 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on 1 /tmp/fvwm-bug created by fvwm-bug, 2 /tmp/wmmenu created by wm-oldmenu2new, 3 /tmp/rates created by x11perfcomp, 4 /tmp/xf86debug.1.log created by xf86debug, 5 /tmp/.winpopup-new created by...

qpopper -- multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities

Jens Steube reports that qpopper is vulnerable to a privilege escalation vulnerability. qpopper does not properly drop root privileges so that user supplied configuration and trace files can be processed with root privileges. This could allow a local attacker to create or modify arbitrary files...

security flaw

Directory traversal vulnerability in scp for OpenSSH before 3.4p1 allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: this may be a rediscovery of CVE-2000-0992...

security flaw

Directory traversal vulnerability in scp for OpenSSH before 3.4p1 allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: this may be a rediscovery of CVE-2000-0992...

CVE-2004-2014

Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0077

The DBI library libdbi-perl for Perl allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary PID file...

CVE-2005-0991

RC.BOOT in IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 does not "use a secure location for temporary files," which allows local users to have an unknown impact, probably by overwriting files...

CVE-2005-0796

Directory traversal vulnerability in HolaCMS 1.4.9-1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a "holaDB/votes" followed by a .. dot dot in the votefilename parameter, which bypasses the check by HolaCMS to ensure that the file is in the holaDB/votes directory...