CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7162
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The _g_file_remove_directory function in file-utils.c in File Roller 3.5.4 through 3.20.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a folder in an archive.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• file roller project file roller 3.5.4
• file roller project file roller 3.6.0
• file roller project file roller 3.6.1
• file roller project file roller 3.6.1.1
• file roller project file roller 3.6.2
• file roller project file roller 3.6.3
• file roller project file roller 3.6.4
• file roller project file roller 3.8.0
• file roller project file roller 3.8.1
• file roller project file roller 3.8.2
• file roller project file roller 3.8.3
• file roller project file roller 3.9.0
• file roller project file roller 3.9.1
• file roller project file roller 3.9.2
• file roller project file roller 3.9.3
• file roller project file roller 3.10
• file roller project file roller 3.15
• file roller project file roller 3.20
• file roller project file roller 3.20.1
• file roller project file roller 3.20.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.20/file-roller-3.20.3.news Third Party Advisory
- http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.21/file-roller-3.21.90.news Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=f70be1f41688859ec8dbe266df35a1839ceb96c5 Patch
- http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.20/file-roller-3.20.3.news Third Party Advisory
- http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.21/file-roller-3.21.90.news Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=f70be1f41688859ec8dbe266df35a1839ceb96c5 Patch