Privilege escalation in Ntfs-3g
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.023 (81.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Ntfs-3g — versions n/a
- Tuxera Ntfs-3g
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@debian.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- security@debian.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- security@debian.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@debian.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@debian.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-0358?
- CVE-2017-0358 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ntfs-3g, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-04-13.
- How severe is CVE-2017-0358?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-0358 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.