CVE-2016-7162

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-09-26 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8908dd151faa112194d95525d735771718c5a44fabf3fed4a8322e23602e098c

• www.securityfocus.com92896http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92896vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=f70be1f41688859ec8dbe266df35a1839ceb96c5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• ftp.gnome.orghttp://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.20/file-roller-3.20.3.newsx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160908 Re: CVE Request: File Roller path traversalhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3074-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• ftp.gnome.orghttp://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.21/file-roller-3.21.90.newsx_refsource_CONFIRM