CVE-2007-5159 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users in the fuse group can escalate privileges to read and write arbitrary block devices due to incorrect setuid permissions on the mount utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-5159?
CVE-2007-5159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5159?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ntfs-3g Ntfs-3g.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5159?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2007-5159 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5159 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5159, GHSA-r584-r284-xhg9.