VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-0358
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-04-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
Primary references
- security@debian.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@debian.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org
- security@debian.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@debian.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108