CVE-2007-5159
The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26938Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26938Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.