CVE-2003-1246

NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject in ntdll.dll in Integrity Protection Driver IPD 1.2 and 1.3 allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on \winnt\system32\drivers using the subst command...

CVE-2021-31154

pleaseedit in please before 0.4 uses predictable temporary filenames in /tmp and the target directory. This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack...

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-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-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...

CVE-1999-0730

The zsoelim program in the Debian man-db package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0374

Debian GNU/Linux cfengine package is susceptible to a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0114

Local users can execute commands as other users, and read other users' files, through the filter command in the Elm elm-2.4 mail package using a symlink attack...

CVE-1999-0411

Several startup scripts in SCO OpenServer Enterprise System v 5.0.4p, including S84rpcinit, S95nis, S85tcp, and S89nfs, are vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing a local user to gain root access...

CVE-1999-0961

HPUX sysdiag allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack during log file creation...

Symlink Attack

Overview mlflow is a platform to streamline machine learning development, including tracking experiments, packaging code into reproducible runs, and sharing and deploying models. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack due to insufficient validation that artifact paths...

PT-2026-2251

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions filelock versions prior to 3.20.3 Description A race condition exists in the SoftFileLock implementation of the filelock package. An attacker with local filesystem access and permission to create symlinks can exploit a timing issue between...

PT-2026-2252

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions virtualenv versions prior to 20.36.1 Description virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to version 20.36.1, Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use TOCTOU vulnerabilities exist in virtualenv that allow local attackers ...

CVE-2025-34290

Versa SASE Client for Windows versions released between 7.8.7 and 7.9.4 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the audit log export functionality. The client communicates user-controlled file paths to a privileged service, which performs file system operations without impersonating...

filelock has TOCTOU race condition that allows symlink attacks during lock file creation

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SUSE CVE-2025-68146

filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. In versions prior to 3.20.1, a Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use TOCTOU race condition allows local attackers to corrupt or truncate arbitrary user files through symlink attacks. The vulnerability exists in both Unix and Windows lock file creation...