CVE-2017-0358

Jann Horn of Google Project Zero discovered that NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE, does not scrub the environment before executing modprobe with elevated privileges. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local root privilege escalation.

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v3.0

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 82th percentile

Published

2018-04-13

Updated

2025-12-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• Wangsafz/cve-2017-0358.sh0★ · 2022-04-12

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/ntfs3g_priv_esc.rb

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-0313
• CVE-2017-0366
• CVE-2017-0312
• CVE-2017-0372
• CVE-2017-0300
• CVE-2017-0404