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CVE-2012-3409

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3409 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in ecryptfs-utils, specifically affecting Debian Linux and ecryptfs-utils packages. The flaw allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions by mounting filesystems with nosuid and nodev options, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is relatively easy to exploit locally without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 86, < 99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3409Moderate

ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev leading to possible privilege escalation

Jul 10, 2012

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-3409
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-3409
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/13/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory