CVE-2011-0542

N/A Unknown

Published: September 02, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/fuse%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7607ff89c65b005f69e27aeb1649d624099873

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/02/2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/08/4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/fuse%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7607ff89c65b005f69e27aeb1649d624099873

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/02/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/08/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.3%

24th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

fuse

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