CVE-2021-20197
binutils: Race window allows users to own arbitrary files
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils version 2.35 and earlier:ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink.
Se presenta una ventana de carrera abierta cuando se escribe la salida en las siguientes utilidades en GNU binutils versiones 2.35 y anteriores: ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. Cuando estas utilidades son ejecutadas como un usuario privilegiado (presumiblemente como parte de un script que actualiza binarios entre diferentes usuarios), un usuario sin privilegios puede engañar a estas utilidades para que obtengan la propiedad de archivos arbitrario por medio de un enlace simbólico.
There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils1: ar, objcopy, strip, and ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
- 2021-03-26 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210528-0009 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1913743 | 2021-11-09 | |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26945 | 2023-02-12 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-30 | 2023-02-12 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20197 | 2021-11-09 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Binutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" | <= 2.35 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" and version " <= 2.35" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Cloud Backup Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cloud Backup" | - | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility" | - | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Solidfire \& Hci Management Node Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Solidfire \& Hci Management Node" | - | - |
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| Broadcom Search vendor "Broadcom" | Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware Search vendor "Broadcom" for product "Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware" | - | - |
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