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CVE-2020-11736

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-11736 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in GNOME file-roller versions through 3.36.1, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, and Ubuntu. This flaw allows an attacker to extract files outside the intended directory due to insufficient checks for symlinked parent directories. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.9, indicating local access and user interaction are required, with limited impact on integrity and availability. There is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.36.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:file-roller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.9LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0077 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 106 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: file-roller-0:3.28.1-3.el8
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: file-roller

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-11736Low

file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory

Apr 12, 2020

References

gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/21dfcdbfe258984db89fb65243a1a888924e45a0
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202009-06
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4332-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4332-2
Third Party Advisory