A vulnerability was found in GNU binutils 2.24 (Programming Tool Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was published 11/03/2014 by Alexander Cherepanov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-8737. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195996 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Binutils Vulnerabilities (USN-2496-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (98484). Similar entries are available at 62025 and 73162.

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• GNU

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• binutils

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