CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9447

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2015-01-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-01-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• elfutils project elfutils 0.152 • elfutils project elfutils 0.161

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References