CWE-59

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-1999-0981"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "1999-12-08T05:00:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Internet Explorer 5.01 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via that window, aka \"Server-side Page Reference Redirect.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-f637-gvqx-348w",
  "modified": "2025-04-03T03:35:23Z",
  "published": "2022-04-30T18:11:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0981"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-050"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ246094"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q246094"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-41072"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22",
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-09-14T01:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153. A squashfs filesystem that has been crafted to include a symbolic link and then contents under the same filename in a filesystem can cause unsquashfs to first create the symbolic link pointing outside the expected directory, and then the subsequent write operation will cause the unsquashfs process to write through the symbolic link elsewhere in the filesystem.",
  "id": "GHSA-f6m6-9fjw-69qm",
  "modified": "2022-06-29T00:00:54Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:14:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41072"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/issues/72#issuecomment-913833405"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/commit/e0485802ec72996c20026da320650d8362f555bd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00017.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-29"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4987"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2009-0416"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2009-02-03T23:30:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The SSL certificate setup program (genSslCert.sh) in Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (SBLIM) sblim-sfcb 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/tmp/key.pem, (2) /var/tmp/cert.pem, and (3) /var/tmp/ssl.cnf temporary files.",
  "id": "GHSA-f6rw-7p6g-pxcm",
  "modified": "2022-05-02T03:15:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T03:15:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0416"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/51783"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33795"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=874261"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail\u0026aid=2561165\u0026group_id=128809\u0026atid=712784"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33583"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-44730"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-17T23:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "snapd 2.54.2 did not properly validate the location of the snap-confine binary. A local attacker who can hardlink this binary to another location to cause snap-confine to execute other arbitrary binaries and hence gain privilege escalation. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1",
  "id": "GHSA-f6xc-44hh-rf46",
  "modified": "2022-03-01T00:01:04Z",
  "published": "2022-02-19T00:01:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44730"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTBN7LLZISXIA4KU4UKDR27Q5PXDS2U"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XCGHG6LJAVJJ72TMART6A7N4Z6MSTGI7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5292-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5080"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/23/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-44264"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-10-28T21:15:07Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. A malicious app may be able to create symlinks to protected regions of the disk.",
  "id": "GHSA-f729-m528-5h64",
  "modified": "2026-04-02T21:31:59Z",
  "published": "2024-10-28T21:30:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44264"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/121564"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/121568"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/121570"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/11"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Oct/13"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-5379"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-12-08T23:30:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "netdisco-mibs-installer 1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/netdisco-mibs-0.6.tar.gz temporary file, related to the (1) netdisco-mibs-install and (2) netdisco-mibs-download scripts.",
  "id": "GHSA-f73c-q373-6xfc",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T05:53:19Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T05:53:19Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5379"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-48693"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-26T17:16:53Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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 \u0027/tmp/fastnetmon.dat\u0027 (src/fastnetmon.cpp line 159). The print_screen_contents_into_file() function (src/fastnetmon_logic.cpp line 2186) opens this path with std::ios::trunc without checking for symlinks or using O_NOFOLLOW. Additionally, the chmod() call on line 2190 always operates on cli_stats_file_path regardless of which file_path parameter was passed (a bug that applies wrong permissions), and the umask is set to 0 during daemonization (src/fastnetmon.cpp line 1821), making all created files world-writable. A local attacker can exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files as the FastNetMon process user (typically root).",
  "id": "GHSA-f762-5mrw-32x8",
  "modified": "2026-05-26T21:31:57Z",
  "published": "2026-05-26T18:31:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48693"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/fastnetmon.cpp"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/blob/master/src/fastnetmon_logic.cpp"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48693-symlink-tmp"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 3.10.2"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nltk"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.10.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-81727"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59",
      "CWE-61",
      "CWE-73"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-02T14:35:41Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nNLTK\u0027s downloader now blocks symlink escapes during ZIP extraction, but it still treats pre-existing hardlinks inside the install tree as ordinary in-root files. A normal package install can therefore overwrite an outside-root inode through that hardlink.\n\n### Details\n\n- **Vulnerability type:** Filesystem containment bypass\n- **Affected component:** `nltk.downloader.Downloader.download`, `nltk.downloader.Downloader.incr_download`\n- **Affected versions:** Published `3.9.4` and current source `v3.10.0-rc2` both reproduced for the extraction-stage overwrite.\n- **Patched versions:** 3.10.3\n- **Root cause:** The downloader validates traversal and symlink conditions but does not reject pre-existing hardlink aliases inside the install tree.\n\nThe install flow correctly rejects a pre-existing symlink at an extraction target, yet it accepts a pre-existing hardlink at the same path. When the package is installed, extracted member data is written through the hardlink and mutates the outside inode.\n\n### PoC\n\n**Preconditions**\n- The attacker can plant files inside a writable shared downloader root on the same filesystem as the target file.\n\n**Steps**\n1. Prepare a downloader root and create a hardlink inside it that points to an outside target file.\n2. Confirm a symlink at the same path is rejected as a negative control.\n3. Run a normal `Downloader.download()` package install whose extracted member lands on the hardlink path.\n4. Observe the outside target file is overwritten while the downloader still reports the package as installed.\n\n**Minimal reproducible excerpt**\n\n```text\nextract_hardlink_before ORIGINAL\nextract_hardlink_after PWNED\nextract_hardlink_status installed\n```\n\n### Impact\n\nA shared or attacker-influenced downloader directory can be turned into an overwrite primitive against same-filesystem files outside the intended install root.\n\n### Remediation\n\nTreat pre-existing hardlinks as unsafe in extraction targets, verify that each write path stays within the intended install tree at the inode level, and add regression tests that pair hardlinks with existing symlink controls.",
  "id": "GHSA-f794-5jv7-7672",
  "modified": "2026-09-02T14:35:41Z",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:35:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-f794-5jv7-7672"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81727"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/3797"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/9e6d5f05902b9aaa1221a0a565448d17a9c9b3e8"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/releases/tag/v3.10.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nltk/PYSEC-2026-3741.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-before-3.10.3-hardlink-file-overwrite-via-downloader"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "NLTK: Downloader.download follows hardlinks and overwrites outside-root files"
}

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-31218"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269",
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-06-15T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Vulnerabilities in the Drive Composer allow a low privileged attacker to create and write to a file anywhere on the file system as SYSTEM with arbitrary content as long as the file does not already exist. The Drive Composer installer file allows a low-privileged user to run a \"repair\" operation on the product.",
  "id": "GHSA-f7h3-whmx-5pqj",
  "modified": "2022-06-25T00:00:51Z",
  "published": "2022-06-16T00:00:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31218"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108467A0305\u0026LanguageCode=en\u0026DocumentPartId=\u0026Action=Launch\u0026_ga=2.38192870.478847987.1655218701-372504397.1647012599"
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-41968"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-09-27T15:19:31Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.",
  "id": "GHSA-f7p3-fcmr-gw5f",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T21:30:43Z",
  "published": "2023-09-27T15:30:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41968"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}