Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.

nviboot boot script in the Debian nvi package allows local users to delete files via malformed entries in vi.recover.

Linux apcd program allows local attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

The default installation of Debian GNU/Linux uses an insecure Master Boot Record (MBR) which allows a local user to boot from a floppy disk during the installation.

The libguile.so library file used by gnucash in Debian GNU/Linux is installed with world-writable permissions.

suidexec in suidmanager 0.18 on Debian 2.0 allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program on the command line.

The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp.

Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.

Buffer overflow in run-time linkers (1) ld.so or (2) ld-linux.so for Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges by calling a setuid program with a long program name (argv[0]) and forcing ld.so/ld-linux.so to report an error.

fte-console in the fte package before 0.46b-4.1 does not drop root privileges, which allows local users to gain root access via the virtual console device.

The snprintf function in the db library 1.85.4 ignores the size parameter, which could allow attackers to exploit buffer overflows that would be prevented by a properly implemented snprintf.

htdig allows remote attackers to execute commands via filenames with shell metacharacters.

The ping command in Linux 2.0.3x allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending large packets with the -R (record route) option.

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

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

The logging facility of the Debian smtp-refuser package allows local users to delete arbitrary files using symbolic links.

The Debian mailman package uses weak authentication, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

Trn allows local users to overwrite other users' files via symlinks.

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.