PT-2016-7245 · Gnome+2 · File Roller+2

Tyler Hicks · Published 2016-08-17 · Updated 2021-04-14 · CVE-2016-7162

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions File Roller versions 3.5.4 through 3.20.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a folder in an archive. This is related to the g file remove directory function in file-utils.c.

Recommendations For versions 3.5.4 through 3.20.2, consider restricting access to archives from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the g file remove directory function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1854

CVE-2016-7162

MGASA-2016-0313

USN-3074-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

File Roller

Ubuntu

References · 24

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7162 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7162 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7162 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1854 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0313.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3074-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0313 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3074-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7162 · Vendor Advisory