CVE-2017-18925

opentmpfiles through 0.3.1 allows local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because d entries are mishandled and allow a symlink attack...

CVE-2019-11230

In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Update.log file with a symlink. The next time the product attempts to write to the log file, the target of the symlink is renamed. This defect can be exploited to rename...

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 location outside of the web root directory. NOTE: The vendor states that this is analogous to Options FollowSymlinks in the Apache HTTP Server, and therefore it is "not a probl...

CVE-2020-12878

Digi ConnectPort X2e before 3.2.30.6 allows an attacker to escalate privileges from the python user to root via a symlink attack that uses chown, related to /etc/init.d/S50dropbear.sh and the /WEB/python/.ssh directory...

CVE-2020-12254

Avira Antivirus before 5.0.2003.1821 on Windows allows privilege escalation or a denial of service via abuse of a symlink...

CVE-2024-41228

A symlink following vulnerability in the pouch cp function of AliyunContainerService pouch v1.3.1 allows attackers to escalate privileges and write arbitrary files...

CVE-2023-40028

Ghost is an open source content management system. Versions prior to 5.59.1 are subject to a vulnerability which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the host operating system. Site administrators can...

CVE-2021-27116

An issue was discovered in file profile.go in function MemProf in beego through 2.0.2, allows attackers to launch symlink attacks locally...

CVE-2022-31258

In Checkmk before 1.6.0p29, 2.x before 2.0.0p25, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0b10, a site user can escalate to root by editing an OMD hook symlink...

Siemens Ruggedcom ROX Classic Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-49058)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks Smatch printed a warning: arch/x86/crypto/poly1305glue.c:198 poly1305updatearch error: memcpy 'dctx-buf' too small 16 vs u32max It's caused because Smatch marks 'linklen' as...

CVE-2025-67366

@sylphxltd/filesystem-mcp v0.5.8 is an MCP server that provides file content reading functionality. Version 0.5.8 of filesystem-mcp contains a critical path traversal vulnerability in its "readcontent" tool. This vulnerability arises from improper symlink handling in the path validation mechanism...

fast-filesystem-mcp has a Path Traversal vulnerability

fast-filesystem-mcp version 3.4.0 contains a critical path traversal vulnerability in its file operation tools including fastreadfile. This vulnerability arises from improper path validation that fails to resolve symbolic links to their actual physical paths. The safePath and isPathAllowed...

CVE-2025-67366

@sylphxltd/filesystem-mcp v0.5.8 is an MCP server that provides file content reading functionality. Version 0.5.8 of filesystem-mcp contains a critical path traversal vulnerability in its "readcontent" tool. This vulnerability arises from improper symlink handling in the path validation mechanism...

CVE-2025-67364

fast-filesystem-mcp version 3.4.0 contains a critical path traversal vulnerability in its file operation tools including fastreadfile. This vulnerability arises from improper path validation that fails to resolve symbolic links to their actual physical paths. The safePath and isPathAllowed...

CVE-2022-27883

A link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 11.5 could allow an attacker to create a specially-crafted file as a symlink that can lead to privilege escalation. Please note that an attacker must at least have low-level privileges on the system to attempt to exploit this...

CVE-1999-0959

IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0689

The CDE dtspcd daemon allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0333

HP OpenView Omniback allows remote execution of commands as root via spoofing, and local users can gain root access via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0786

The dynamic linker in Solaris allows a local user to create arbitrary files via the LDPROFILE environmental variable and a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0433

XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service...