Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via improper validation of symbolic links in the virt-handler process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to privileged Unix sockets on the host by replacing a virtual machine console socket with a symlink to a...

Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via improper validation of symbolic links in the virt-handler process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to privileged Unix sockets on the host by replacing a virtual machine console socket with a symlink to a...

CVE-2026-42496

Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check that guards regular...

CVE-2026-48693

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 is vulnerable to a local symlink attack via predictable file paths in /tmp. The statistics file path defaults to '/tmp/fastnetmon.dat' src/fastnetmon.cpp line 159. The printscreencontentsintofile function src/fastnetmonlogic.cpp line 2186 opens this path...

CVE-2026-48693

CVE-2026-48693 concerns the FastNetMon Community Edition up to 1.2.9. The issue is a local symlink attack due to predictable file paths in /tmp, notably the default statistics file at '/tmp/fastnetmon.dat'. The vulnerable code path opens this path with std::ios::trunc without following symlinks o...

PT-2026-43311

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FastNetMon Community Edition versions prior to 1.2.10 Description A local symlink attack is possible due to predictable file paths in the /tmp directory. The software uses a default statistics file path at '/tmp/fastnetmon.dat'. The print scre...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : XDG Desktop Portal vulnerability (USN-8287-1)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8287-1 advisory. It was discovered that XDG Desktop Portal incorrectly handled trashing files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to delete arbitrary files on...

CVE-2026-44051

An improper link resolution vulnerability in Netatalk 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files or overwrite arbitrary files via attacker-controlled symlink creation...

CVE-2026-44051 Arbitrary file read via attacker-controlled symlink creation

An improper link resolution vulnerability in Netatalk 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files or overwrite arbitrary files via attacker-controlled symlink creation...

CVE-2026-44051 Arbitrary file read via attacker-controlled symlink creation

An improper link resolution vulnerability in Netatalk 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files or overwrite arbitrary files via attacker-controlled symlink creation...

PT-2026-42408

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netatalk versions 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 Description An improper link resolution issue allows a remote authenticated attacker to read or overwrite arbitrary files through the creation of attacker-controlled symlinks symbolic links, which are file...

USN-8287-1 xdg-desktop-portal vulnerability

It was discovered that XDG Desktop Portal incorrectly handled trashing files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to delete arbitrary files on the host file system via a symlink attack...

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU Race Condition in the daemon file handling. An attacker can create or overwrite arbitrary files by replacing parent directory components with symbolic links during the window between validation and use...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in oddjob

A race condition was identified in the mkhomedir tool included with the oddjob package in versions prior to 0.34.5 and 0.34.6. During the home creation process, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home directory and changes its ownership to the home’s user, without...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in avahi

The avahi-daemon-check-dns.sh script within the Debian avahi package, as of version 0.8-4, is executed as the root user via /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-daemon. This script allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service or create arbitrary empty files through a symlink attack on files located...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in open-vm-tools

A issue was discovered in open-vm-tools 2009.03.18-154848. Local users can bypass the intended access restrictions on mounting shares through a symlink attack that exploits a realpath race condition in mount.vmhgfs also known as hgfsmounter...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in sudo

The “sudoedit” personality of Sudo before version 1.9.5 might allow a local unprivileged user to perform arbitrary directory existence tests by exploiting a race condition in the “sudoedit.c” code, which allows a user-controlled directory to be replaced with a symlink pointing to an arbitrary pat...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in exim4

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allowed execution with unnecessary privileges. Since Exim operates as root in the log directory which is owned by a non-root user, a symlink or hard link attack could allow overwriting of critical root-owned files anywhere in the filesystem...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in unbound

Unbound from NLnet Labs, including versions up to and including 1.12.0, and NSD from NLnet Labs, including versions up to and including 4.3.3, contain a local vulnerability that allows for a local symlink attack. When creating the PID file, Unbound and NSD either create the file if it does not...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Ansible

There exists an absolute path traversal attack within the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to create a malicious Ansible role and have the victim execute that role. A symbolic link can be used to overwrite a file that is outside of the extraction path...