| CVE-2021-20197 | Date: (C)2021-02-16 (M)2023-12-22 |
There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils version 2.35 and earlier:ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.3 | CVSS Score : 3.3 |
| Exploit Score: 1.0 | Exploit Score: 3.4 |
| Impact Score: 5.2 | Impact Score: 4.9 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity: HIGH | Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: NONE |
| Integrity: HIGH | |
| Availability: NONE | |
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