CVE-2011-0541 in fuse

Summary

fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not properly handle when /etc/mtab cannot be updated, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via a symlink attack.

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• Reservation: 01/20/2011
• Disclosure: 09/02/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-58425 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.1
• EPSS: 0.00042
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0541
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0541
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-0541/