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ID:3708 - Exploit for Improper Privilege Management in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-0358
ID:3708 - Exploit for Improper Privilege Management in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-0358
Published: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33561
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0358
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Vulnerable software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Jann Horn of Google Project Zero discovered that NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE, does not scrub the environment before executing modprobe with elevated privileges. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local root privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.