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CVE-2021-20197

Description

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.

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Score
Severity
Ecosystem
RPM
Publish Date
March 26, 2021
Modified Date
December 5, 2025
Score Vector
Affected Versions