CVE-2007-5159

Published Oct 1, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5140 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:24 PM
Reserved
Sep 30, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 1, 2007, 5:17 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:45 PM