SQ18114
Detected Linux executable files that may be susceptible to binary planting.
| priority | CI/CD status | severity | effort | SAFE level | SAFE assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | pass | low | medium | None | None |
About the issue
On Linux, the user may override the normal library search path by specifying RPATH or RUNPATH. This will force the dynamic linker to prioritize user-specified directories when searching for shared libraries. Binary planting is a technique that allows the attacker to execute malicious code by placing it into one of the executable's library search directories.
How to resolve the issue
- Avoid manually specifying the library search path.
- If that is not possible, ensure that the directories in customized library search path(s) are not user-writable.
Incidence statistics
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This section is updated when new data becomes available.
Total amount of packages analyzed
- Linux: 562K
- NPM: 5.12M
- Nuget: 735K
- PS Gallery: 17K
- PyPi: 838K
- RubyGems: 203K
- VS Code: 113K
- Windows: 3.7K
Statistics are not collected for the SQ18114 policy at this time, or not applicable to this type of issue.
Recommended reading
- Binary Planting (External resource - OWASP)
- rpath vs runpath (External resource - Medium)