CVE-2014-8737

binutils: directory traversal vulnerability

Severity Score

3.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to (1) strip or (2) objcopy or create arbitrary files via (3) a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to ar.

Múltiples vulnerabilidades de salto de directorio en GNU binutils 2.24 y anteriores permiten a usuarios locales eliminar ficheros arbitrarios a través de un .. (punto punto) o nombre completo de ruta en un archivo en (1) strip o (2) objcopy o crear ficheros arbitrarios a través de (3) un .. (punto punto) o nombre completo de ruta en un archivo en ar.

A directory traversal flaw was found in the strip and objcopy utilities. A specially crafted file could cause strip or objdump to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the user running either of these utilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-13 CVE Reserved
2014-12-09 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1	Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533	2024-08-06
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html	2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029	2023-11-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655	2015-11-19
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8737	2015-11-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.10"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Binutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils"				<= 2.24 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" and version " <= 2.24"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				19 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "19"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				21 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "21"		-		Affected