CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2016-7162
High (7.5). EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- file_roller_project:file_roller
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.20/file-roller-3.20.3.news
- http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.21/file-roller-3.21.90.news
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92896
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1