CVE-2001-0142

squid 2.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations...

CVE-2001-0125

exmh 2.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exmhErrorMsg temporary file...

CVE-2001-0143

vpop3d program in linuxconf 1.23r and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

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-2001-0125

CVE-2001-0125 affects exmh 2.2 and earlier, where insecure handling of temporary files in /tmp (e.g., exmhErrorMsg) allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack. Connected advisories confirm the issue and note that newer versions (e.g., exmh 2.3.1+) fix the vulnerability by switchin...

CVE-2001-0141

mgetty 1.1.22 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations...

CVE-2001-0140

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

CVE-2001-0109

rctab in SuSE 7.0 and earlier allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rctmp temporary file...

CVE-2001-0036

Technical details about CVE-2001-0036 are not publicly available in the supplied documents. Monitor for updates; the description notes a symlink-based local overwrite vulnerability but no explicit affected products, versions, or fixes are documented here.

CVE-2001-0141

CVE-2001-0141 affects mgetty: multiple sources confirm insecure temporary-file handling that allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in certain configurations. Vulnerable until versions before 1.1.24 (Mandrake/MDKSA-2001:009; Debian DSA-011-2 notes patch in 1.1.21-3po...

CVE-2001-0120

CVE-2001-0120 relates to the shadow-utils package, specifically the useradd component. The vulnerability arises from insecure temporary file handling: useradd creates temporary files in /etc/default with predictable names. If /etc/default is world-writable, an attacker could perform a symbolic-li...

CVE-2000-0890

periodic in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2001-0118

rdist 6.1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2001-0139

Inn 2.2.3 is vulnerable to a local temporary-file race condition. The root cause is inn creating temporary files in a world-writable directory (or being configured to use one), enabling symlink attacks that may modify files writable by the news user. Mandrake/MDKSA-2001:010 notes a patch that rel...

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-2001-0120

useradd program in shadow-utils program may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

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-2001-0059

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...

[SECURITY] [DSA-048-1] samba symlink attacks

Package : samba Problem type : symlink attack Debian-specific: no Marcus Meissner discovered that samba was not creating temporary files safely in two places: when a remote user queried a printer queue samba would creates a temporary file in which the queue data would be written. This was doing...