CVE-2017-0358
ntfs-3g: Modprobe influence vulnerability via environment variables
- Published
- Apr 13, 2018
- Updated
- Dec 4, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Evidence observed
- Feb 3, 2017
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 81.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
3- cve-2017-0358.shExploit
Exploit script for CVE-2017-0358, a privilege escalation vulnerability in NVIDIA graphics drivers on Linux systems.
Kristian Erik Hermansen · linux · Feb 3, 2017
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