CVE-2017-0358
High
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.
Exploit probability
2.3%
Published
April 13, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
59 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-0358
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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/