CVE-2016-7162 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting File Roller versions 3.5.4 through 3.20.2, including those distributed with Canonical Ubuntu Linux. It allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files through a symlink attack within an archive, leveraging a flaw in the _g_file_remove_directory function. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high impact on integrity with no confidentiality or availability impact, and can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
3.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* | ||
3.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* | ||
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:file_roller_project:file_roller:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:gnome:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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