#VU33561 Improper Privilege Management in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-0358
Published: April 13, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33561
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0358
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Software vendor:
Debian
Debian
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.
External links
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/04/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95987
- https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148594671929354&w=2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356/