CVE-2016-7162

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7162
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-26T15:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-04-14T20:33:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.1.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.10:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.15:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.20:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.20.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.20.2:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.21/file-roller-3.21.90.news Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92896 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1 Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.20/file-roller-3.20.3.news Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=f70be1f41688859ec8dbe266df35a1839ceb96c5 Patch
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7162
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7162
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:15:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:23:19 2016-09-26T15:59Z 2016-09-26T15:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:23:19 2021-04-14T20:33:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:23:19 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated