CVE-2005-3531 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in fusermount, a component of FUSE versions prior to 2.4.1, when installed setuid root. An attacker could corrupt /etc/mtab and potentially alter mount options by creating a mount point with specially crafted characters in its name. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and a partial impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:miklos_szeredi:fuse:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:miklos_szeredi:fuse:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:miklos_szeredi:fuse:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:miklos_szeredi:fuse:2.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:miklos_szeredi:fuse:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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