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CVE-2020-36241

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36241 is a directory traversal vulnerability in gnome-autoar (versions through 0.2.4), affecting GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, including Fedora. This flaw allows an attacker to extract files outside the intended directory due to a missing check for symlinked parent directories. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges, but could lead to high confidentiality impact (data disclosure). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-autoar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-autoar-0:0.2.3-2.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-36241Low

gnome-autoar: Directory traversal via directory symbolic links pointing outside of the destination directory

Nov 6, 2020

References

gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/adb067e645732fdbe7103516e506d09eb6a54429
PatchVendor Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/issues/7
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BN5TVQ7OHZEGY6AGFLAZWCVCI53RYNHQ
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202105-10
Third Party Advisory