CVE-2017-0358

Jann Horn of Google Project Zero discovered that NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE, does not scrub the environment before executing modprobe with elevated privileges. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local root privilege escalation.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2018-04-13

Last modified

2025-12-04

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Ntfs-3g (Ntfs-3g)
• Ntfs-3g (Tuxera)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/04/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95987
• https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148594671929354&w=2
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-10
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356/