CVE-2007-5159
EPSS 0.05%
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.
How to fix CVE-2007-5159
To remediate CVE-2007-5159, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ntfs-3g—upgrade to 1:1.913-2 or later
Is CVE-2007-5159 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:1.913-2