Vulnerability in Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils

CVE-2011-1831

utils/mount.ecryptfs_private.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly check mountpoint permissions, which allows local users to effectively replace any directory with a new filesystem, and consequently gain privileges, via a mount system call.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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