SUSE CVE-2022-36113

Cargo is a package manager for the rust programming language. After a package is downloaded, Cargo extracts its source code in the /.cargo folder on disk, making it available to the Rust projects it builds. To record when an extraction is successful, Cargo writes "ok" to the .cargo-ok file at the...

Keybase: From nobody to somebody

Short description Using a bug any user can change the keybase and git-remote-keybase symlinks in the /usr/locale/bin folder. We can exploit this to run arbitrary code as the user. Steps to reproduce 1. In the example I will use the low privileged nobody account could be any other account and I wi...

CVE-2015-0796 open build service source server symlink exploitation via source patch

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 generate non-standard files like symlinks or device nodes, which could allow buildservice users to break of confinement or cause denial of service attacks on the source service...

CVE-2017-18018

In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition...

CVE-2017-12938

UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file...

CVE-2017-1000367 in Sudo's get_process_ttyname() for Linux

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CVE-2015-5252

vfs.c in smbd in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, when share names with certain substring relationships exist, allows remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions via a symlink that points outside of a share...

CVE-2011-3602

Directory traversal vulnerability in device-linux.c in the router advertisement daemon radvd before 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and remote attackers to overwrite certain files, via a .. dot dot in an interface name. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a symlink to overwrit...

CVE-2013-6456

The LXC driver lxc/lxcdriver.c in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to 1 delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; 2 create arbitrary nodes mknod via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in th...

CVE-2014-1624

Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.getruntimedir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once th...

sudoedit can expose protected file contents

Overview Sudo's -e option sudoedit improperly handles temporary files, allowing an attacker to read files that would otherwise be inaccessible. Description Sudo is a utility that allows specific users to run certain commands as root. Beginning with version 1.6.8, sudo provides safe editing...

[Full-Disclosure] cPanel symlink chmod issue

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Name: cPanel Vendor URL: http://www.cpanel.net Author: Karol Wisek [email protected] Date: September 30, 2004 Issue: cPanel allows logged in users to change permission of any file to 755. Description: cPanel is a next generation web hosting...

CVE-2004-0457

The mysqlhotcopy script in mysql 4.0.20 and earlier, when using the scp method from the mysql-server package, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2004-0160

Synaesthesia 2.2 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the configuration file...

SAP database local root via symlink

This local attack upon SAP is based on sapdb-server-linux-32bit-i386-73029.tgz it is currently unknown if this affects other SAP flavors. elguapo@rh8 pgm$ pwd /usr/sapdb/depend/pgm elguapo@rh8 pgm$ ls -al lserver -rwsrwxr-x 1 root sapdb 15673 Oct 22 10:42 lserver Using ltrace we can see an attemp...

Flaws in recent Linux kernels

Hello, There are two bugs present in Linux kernels 2.2.x, x=19 and 2.4.y, y=9. The first vulnerability results in local DoS. The second one, involving ptrace, can be used to gain root privileges locally in case of default install of most popular distributions. Linux 2.0.x is not vulnerable to the...

[SNS Advisory No.37] HTTProtect allows attackers to change the protected file using a symlink

----------------------------------------------------------------------- SNS Advisory No.37 HTTProtect allows attackers to change the protected file using a symlink Problem first discovered: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2001...

CVE-2000-0409

Netscape 4.73 and earlier follows symlinks when it imports a new certificate, which allows local users to overwrite files of the user importing the certificate...

CVE-2000-0210

The lit program in Sun Flex License Manager FlexLM follows symlinks, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files...

SCO Unixware 7.17.1.1 - ARCserver tmp Symlink

SCO Unixware 7.17.1.1 - ARCserver tmp Symlink source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/988/info A symlink following vulnerability exists in the ARCserve agent, as shipped with SCO Unixware 7. Upon startup, the asagent program will create several files in /tmp. These are created mode 777, and can...