Vulnerability CVE-2016-7162
Published: 2016-09-26

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Paolo bacchilega -> File roller 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 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
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554
https://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=f70be1f41688859ec8dbe266df35a1839ceb96c5
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