CVE-2010-3879 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in FUSE, specifically versions 2.8.5 and earlier, where an attacker can manipulate mtab entries through a symlink attack on a FUSE filesystem's mountpoint. This allows an unprivileged local user to unmount arbitrary filesystems. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating medium severity with low impact on integrity and availability, and requires medium attack complexity. While there is an ExploitDB entry for a race condition related to FUSE's fusermount tool, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libfuse_project:libfuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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