CVE-2020-36241

MEDIUM

gnome-autoar < 0.2.4 - Directory Traversal via Symlink Parent Check Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/issues/7

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/adb067e645732fdbe7103516e506d09eb6a54429

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BN5TVQ7OHZEGY6AGFLAZWCVCI53RYNHQ/

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-10

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0018

EPSS Percentile 38.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-22 CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

fedoraproject/fedora 34

gnome/gnome-autoar < 0.2.4

Published Feb 05, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026