High severity · published Apr 13, 2018
CVE-2017-0358
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
7.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
NT
Ntfs-3g · Tuxera
through 2016.2.22 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0358
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0358
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
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/
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