fusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters
Published Nov 23, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
fusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.3.0
- 2.3_rc1
- 2.4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00362) | 27.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 28.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 20.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17691 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17695 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:216 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15529 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2529 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17691 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17695 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:216 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15529 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2529 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
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