CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files.
Also known as Symlink following, symlink vulnerability.
A kind of CWE-59 insecure temporary file.
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- canonical apport, ubuntu linux +1 moreapport read_file() function could follow maliciously constructed symbolic links7.3 High
- canonical apport, ubuntu linux +1 moreapport read_file() function could follow maliciously constructed symbolic links7.3 High
- canonical apport, ubuntu linux +1 moreapport read_file() function could follow maliciously constructed symbolic links7.3 High
- canonical apport, ubuntu linux +1 moreapport read_file() function could follow maliciously constructed symbolic links7.3 High
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