Chi tiết CWE-64

CWE-64

Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
Thấp
Incomplete
2025-12-11
00h00 +00:00
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Tên: Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently handle when the file is a Windows shortcut (.LNK) whose target is outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files.

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Các cách xuất hiện

Operation

Nền tảng áp dụng

Ngôn ngữ

Lớp: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Hệ điều hành

Lớp: Windows (Undetermined)

Công nghệ

Lớp: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

Hậu quả phổ biến

Phạm vi Tác động Khả năng xảy ra
Confidentiality
Integrity
Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories

Ghi chú: The shortcut (file with the .lnk extension) can permit an attacker to read/write a file that they originally did not have permissions to access.

Ví dụ đã quan sát

Tài liệu tham khảo Mô tả

CVE-2019-19793

network access control service executes program with high privileges and allows symlink to invoke another executable or perform DLL injection.

CVE-2000-0342

Mail client allows remote attackers to bypass the user warning for executable attachments such as .exe, .com, and .bat by using a .lnk file that refers to the attachment, aka "Stealth Attachment."

CVE-2001-1042

FTP server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and directories by uploading a .lnk (link) file that points to the target file.

CVE-2001-1043

FTP server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and directories by uploading a .lnk (link) file that points to the target file.

CVE-2005-0587

Browser allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.

CVE-2001-1386

".LNK." - .LNK with trailing dot

CVE-2003-1233

Rootkits can bypass file access restrictions to Windows kernel directories using NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject function to create symbolic link

Các biện pháp giảm thiểu tiềm năng

Phases : Architecture and Design

Ghi chú ánh xạ lỗ hổng

Lý do : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Bình luận : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Ghi chú

Under-studied. Windows .LNK files are more "portable" than Unix symlinks and have been used in remote exploits. Some Windows API's will access LNK's as if they are regular files, so one would expect that they would be reported more frequently.

Gửi

Tên Tổ chức Ngày Ngày phát hành Version
PLOVER 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Sửa đổi

Tên Tổ chức Ngày Bình luận
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-10-14 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-11-24 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-09-13 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Causal_Nature, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-01-03 +00:00 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-06-20 +00:00 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-06-28 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-09-09 +00:00 updated Affected_Resources, Functional_Areas
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Description