CVE-2014-8737
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 63.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-09 22:52Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- db30f782eac58a00573abe2f8304824d7ea5517b5eaebe5095feb5e70bde51bc
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-14874http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html
- secunia.com62241http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:029http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-0750http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2496-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-17603http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-14888http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141113 Re: CVE Request: binutils -- directory traversalhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-0471http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
- secunia.com62746http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-17586http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
- www.securityfocus.com70908http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-14833http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-24https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- binutils Fixed in 2.24.90.20141124-1
- binutils-mingw-w64 Fixed in 5.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- binutils Fixed in 2.24.90.20141124-1
- binutils-mingw-w64 Fixed in 5.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- binutils Fixed in 2.24.90.20141124-1
- binutils-mingw-w64 Fixed in 5.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- binutils Fixed in 2.24-5ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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