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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | debian-upgrade-ntfs-3g | Feb 2, 2017 | Feb 1, 2017 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-fs-ntfs3g | Oct 30, 2017 | Feb 19, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libntfs-3g-develsuse-upgrade-libntfs-3g84suse-upgrade-ntfs-3gsuse-upgrade-ntfs-3g-develsuse-upgrade-ntfsprogs | Jul 27, 2018 | Feb 1, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-ntfs-3g | Feb 2, 2017 | Feb 1, 2017 |
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