CVE-2010-3879

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.

CVSS v2.0

5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS

9.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2011-01-22

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34953

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2010-3870
• CVE-2010-3884
• CVE-2010-3867
• CVE-2010-3886
• CVE-2010-3863
• CVE-2010-3888