CVE-2020-36241: A malicious archive allows Directory Traversal during extraction

Original reporter: Yigit

Area: Application

Message

Summary: A malicious package may be able to overwrite arbitrary files

Proof of concept: 1- Download "example.tar" 2- Click on the right button on a mouse (on "example.tar") 3- Click "Extract Here" 4- Check the "/tmp" path for "test" file

Version: Ubuntu 20.04.1 GNOME Files 3.36.3-stable

Note: This report created on https://security.gnome.org/. I can't add proof of concept video and file.