CVE-2020-36241

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p49

Published

Feb 5, 2021 (Feb 5, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: gnome fedoraproject
Products: gnome-autoar, fedora
Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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