Is CVE-2020-36241 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-36241 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-36241?

CVE-2020-36241 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-36241?

CVE-2020-36241 has an EPSS score of 0.64% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36241?

Upgrade gnome-autoar on debian 11 to 0.2.4-3 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-36241

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-22Path Traversal CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

gnome-autoarDebian

Fixed in:0.2.4-3CVE-2020-36241

gnome-autoarUbuntu

Fixed in:0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1USN-4733-1

Fixed in:0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-4733-1

libgnome-autoar-0-0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1USN-4733-1

Fixed in:0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-4733-1

libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1USN-4733-1

Fixed in:0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-4733-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

gitlab.gnome.org

Exploit1

gitlab.gnome.org

Third-Party Advisory1

security.gentoo.org

Other references1

lists.fedoraproject.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-23897	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32315	High	8.6	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-5902	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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