CVE-2008-3970
N/A
Published: September 10, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPam Mount
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624240Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:208Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/06/3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/12Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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