CAPEC-45DetailedDraft
Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
This type of attack leverages the use of symbolic links to cause buffer overflows. An adversary can try to create or manipulate a symbolic link file such that its contents result in out of bounds data. When the target software processes the symbolic link file, it could potentially overflow internal buffers with insufficient bounds checking.
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CWE-20
The product receives input or data, but it does.
CWE-74
The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is pars
CWE-118
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts operations within the boundaries of a resource that is accessed using an index or pointer, such as memory or files.
CWE-119
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.
CWE-120
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
CWE-285
The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CWE-302
The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the attacker.
CWE-680
The product performs a calculation to determine how much memory to allocate, but an integer overflow can occur that causes less memory to be allocated than expected, leading to a buffer overflow.
CWE-697
The product compares two entities in a security-relevant context, but the comparison is incorrect.
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