CVE-2015-3202
fusermount in FUSE before 2.9.3-15 does not properly clear the environment before invoking (1) mount or (2) umount as root, which allows local users to...
- Published
- Jul 2, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- May 23, 2015
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 61.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
fusermount in FUSE before 2.9.3-15 does not properly clear the environment before invoking (1) mount or (2) umount as root, which allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted LIBMOUNT_MTAB environment variable that is used by mount's debugging feature.
Sources
1Tavis Ormandy · linux · May 23, 2015
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