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CVE-2016-7162

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
26/09/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.1.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:*

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