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Medium
CVE-2007-5159
The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an...
Vulnerability Description
The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
Affected Vendor
ntfs-3g
View all reports →Affected Software
ntfs-3g
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 1st, 2007
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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