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CVE-2017-0358

ntfs-3g: Modprobe influence vulnerability via environment variables

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 13, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxNTFS-3GNtfs 3G

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
PoC

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
8.0
NTFS-3G· Tuxera
95%
v ≤ 2016.2.22
Ntfs 3G· Ntfs 3G
60%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/04/1
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95987
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148594671929354&w=2
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-10
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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