Weakness (CWE)
CWE-363: Race Condition Enabling Link Following
The product checks the status of a file or directory before accessing it, which produces a race condition in which the file can be replaced with a link before the access is performed, causing the product to access the wrong file.
Source: MITRE CWE-363
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Medium 5.8
filelock: StrictSoftFileLock follows a symbolic link swapped in at <path>.filelock and creates claim files in a directory another local user chooses
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 3.30.0 until 4.2.1, On POSIX platforms, StrictSoftFileLock and AsyncStrictSoftFileLock validate the coordination directory in _ensure_protocol_directory but later reach the claims directory through…
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Medium 5.3
filelock: SoftFileLock stale-break restore follows a swapped-in symbolic link and hard-links a file of the user running the lock into the lock directory
filelock is a platform-independent file lock for Python. From 4.1.0 until 4.2.1, SoftFileLock can restore a stale marker by name after moving it aside, allowing another local user with rename access in a non-sticky lock directory to swap in a symbolic link an…
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Medium 6.0
Cockpit-files: cockpit-files: arbitrary file ownership and permission modification via symlink race condition
A flaw was found in cockpit-files. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to exploit a timing issue, known as a symlink race condition, during privileged file operations such as changing file ownership or permissions. By manipulating directory entries and…
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Medium 6.0
Cockpit-files: cockpit-files: local attacker can hijack file ownership via symlink race
A flaw was found in cockpit-files. A local unprivileged attacker can exploit a race condition during directory creation with owner assignment. By controlling a writable parent directory, the attacker can replace a newly created directory with a symbolic link …
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Medium 6.1
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version tha…
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Medium 5.4
HP Image Assistant - Potential Escalation of Privilege
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Image Assistant for versions prior to 5.3.3. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via a race condition when installing packages.
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Medium 5.6
Endpoint Security for Linux Threat Prevention (ENSLTP) privilege escalation vulnerability
An unprivileged user can delete arbitrary files on a Linux system running ENSLTP 10.5.1, 10.5.0, and 10.2.3 Hotfix 1246778 and earlier. By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during a specific scanning sequence, the unprivileged …