CVE-2010-3879

Public Exploit

Description

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.

Category

5.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.80% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/ patch third party advisory exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42965 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62986 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.html mailing list third party advisory exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8 mailing list third party advisory exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0302 vdb entry permissions required
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598 issue tracking exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0181 vdb entry permissions required
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183 patch issue tracking exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/42961 third party advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622 third party advisory exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333 patch third party advisory exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2 mailing list third party advisory exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/70520 vdb entry broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3879?
CVE-2010-3879 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3879?
To fix CVE-2010-3879, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3879 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3879 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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