Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2018· Updated Dec 4, 2025
ntfs-3g: Modprobe influence vulnerability via environment variables
CVE-2017-0358
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/mitreexploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356/mitreexploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-10mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/04/1mitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95987mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- marc.infomitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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