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PT-2021-7939

🗓️ 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00Reported by Positive TechnologiesType 
ptsecurity
 ptsecurity🔗 dbugs.ptsecurity.com👁 1 Views

Binutils 2.35 and earlier race in ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib allows privilege escalation via symlinks.

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CVSS 3.16.3 - 7.8
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EPSS0.22712
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binutilsversion 2.35earlier versionsrace conditionprivilege escalationsymlinksarobjcopystripranlib
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