pam_mount: missing luserconf security checks
Published Sep 10, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
pam_mount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined volume, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a local mount.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.10
- 0.11
- 0.12.2
- 0.13
- 0.15
- 0.16
- 0.17
- 0.18
- 0.19
- 0.20
- 0.21
- 0.26
- 0.27
- 0.28
- 0.29
- 0.31
- 0.32
- 0.35
- 0.35.1
- 0.37
- 0.38
- 0.39
- 0.40
- 0.41
- 0.43
- 0.44
- 0.45
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 1, 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 1, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 22.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 23.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 12.96th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi?p=pam_mount%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=33b91d7659ae3aa78b1e94fd3f8e545ae5ff25db x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=alpine.LNX.1.10.0809042353120.17569%40fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr&forum_name=pam-mount-user mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624240 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:208 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/06/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31041 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3970 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461464 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44960 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3970
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3970
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