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CVE-2011-0542

fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not perform a chdir to / before performing a mount or umount, which allows loc

fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not perform a chdir to / before performing a mount or umount, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.00059
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
fuse<= 2.8.5
fuseall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

3.3
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD02 Sep 2011 · 11:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-1077-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:1083Low
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/fuse
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/02/2Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/5Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/08/4Patch
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