Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-0358

Public exploit exists!
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.
Published 2018-04-13 15:29:00
Updated 2019-10-03 00:03:26
Source Debian GNU/Linux
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2017-0358

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-0358

EPSS FAQ
10.45%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 93 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2017-0358

  • Debian/Ubuntu ntfs-3g Local Privilege Escalation
    Disclosure Date: 2017-01-05
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/linux/local/ntfs3g_priv_esc
    ntfs-3g mount helper in Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10, Debian 7, 8, and possibly 9 does not properly sanitize the environment when executing modprobe. This can be abused to load a kernel module and execute a binary payload as the root user. Authors: - jannh <jannh@google.com>

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-0358

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.2
 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
 NIST
7.8
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2017-0358

  • The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2017-0358

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