Path Traversal in Elfutils Project
CVE-2014-9447
Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and 0.161 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated using the ar program.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.050 (92.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elfutils Project — versions 0.152, 0.161
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/62560 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/29/2 (mailing-list)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0033.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148326.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148321.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62661 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/elfutils.git/commit/ (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/61934 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-December/004499.html (mailing-list)