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.
Published: 2007-10-01
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5140 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.
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Ntfs-3g Ntfs-3g
Redhat Fedora
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:24:53.206Z

Reserved: 2007-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5159

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-10-01T05:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5159

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