VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-3879

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability9.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Description

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references