CVE-2017-0358

moderate-risk
Published 2018-04-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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7.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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2 public exploits available
41240, 41356
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Debian Tuxera

References (14)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/04/1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95987
Exploit https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148594671929354&w=2
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356/
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/04/1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95987
Exploit https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148594671929354&w=2
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low