CVE-1999-1036

COPS 1.04 allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in 1 resdiff, 2 ca.src, and 3 mail.chk...

CVE-1999-1299

CVE-1999-1299 concerns rcp on various Linux systems, including Red Hat 4.0. Root cause: UID 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and related system calls, causing ownership changes to fail and potentially allow a nobody or UID 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files. Impact: writable/overwritable files...

patchadd.pl

Here is an exploit to an old bug for patchadd in Solaris. It exploits a symlink vulnerability to clobber files with output from patchadd. This was written and tested on Solaris 2.8 Sparc with the current patch cluster applied. -- Larry http://vapid.dhs.org:8080 !/usr/local/bin/perl Exploit for...

Dangerous temp file creation during installation of Netscape 6.

During installation of Netscape 6.01a for Solaris 2.7/8 Sparc, I noticed the file /tmp/admin.3842 was created with mode 644. As you already know if this package is installed by root in multiuser mode a malicious user could use this to overwrite system files etc.. Here is the dangerous code: grep...

CVE-2001-0556

The Nirvana Editor NEdit 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on 1 backup files or 2 temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file...

Aladdin Ghostscript creates insecure temporary files allowing a local user to create symbolic links to other files

Overview Alladin Ghostscript, a previewer for postscript files, creates temporary files with a predictable names. The creation allows attackers to use symbolic links to overwrite other files on the host. Description Alladin Ghostscript is a previewer for postscript files. It creates temporary fil...

CVE-2001-0556

The Nirvana Editor NEdit 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on 1 backup files or 2 temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file...

CVE-2001-0605: Undefined Security Weakness

Headlight Software MyGetright prior to 1.0b allows a remote attacker to upload and/or overwrite arbitrary files via a malicious .dld skins-data file which contains long strings of random data...

CVE-2001-0556: Undefined Security Weakness

The Nirvana Editor NEdit 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on 1 backup files or 2 temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file...

CVE-2001-0417

The CVE-2001-0417 entry concerns Kerberos 4 (krb4) where local users can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on new ticket files. The connected records corroborate a local-privilege impact vector with a partial integrity impact, and a low overall CVSS score (2.1/10, AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/I:P/...

CVE-2001-0069

CVE-2001-0069 affects the Debian GNU/Linux package dialog prior to version 0.9a-20000118-3bis. The vulnerability is a symlink attack that allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue arises from a race condition involving symlinks, enabling manipulation of file targets by a non-pri...

CVE-2001-0109

CVE-2001-0109 affects SuSE 7.0 and earlier, where the component rctab can be manipulated by a local user through a symlink attack on the temporary file rctmp , allowing creation or overwriting of arbitrary files. The vulnerability is due to insecure handling of temporary files leading to local pr...

CVE-2001-0140

arpwatch 2.1a4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations...

CVE-2001-0222

CVE-2001-0222 affects Webmin 0.84 and earlier. The vulnerability is a local, file-overwrite via a symlink attack, enabling local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The available sources (NVD/CVE listing and Nessus plugin linking CVE-2001-0222 with Webmin 0.85+ family) con...

CVE-2001-0117

CVE-2001-0117 concerns diffutils’ sdiff 2.7, where sdiff creates temporary files insecurely, enabling a local user to overwrite files via a symlink attack. The issue affects diffutils in affected distributions (e.g., Red Hat advisories note a temporary-file handling vulnerability in sdiff). Explo...

CVE-2001-0059

CVE-2001-0059 : Solaris’s patchadd is vulnerable to a local symlink attack that allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files. This affects the patchadd utility used on Solaris, with a CVSSv2 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM) and an impact of Confidentiality=Complete, Integrity=Complete, Availability...

CVE-2001-0118

CVE-2001-0118 affects rdist 6.1.5 and describes a local vulnerability where an attacker can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The Connected documents corroborate the issue as a local symlink-based overwrite vulnerability. No specific remediation, affected versions beyond 6.1.5, expl...

CVE-2001-0069: Undefined Security Weakness

dialog before 0.9a-20000118-3bis in Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2001-0140: Undefined Security Weakness

arpwatch 2.1a4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations...

CVE-2001-0105: Undefined Security Weakness

Vulnerability in top in HP-UX 11.04 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files owned by the "sys" group...