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CVE-2007-5159

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2007-10-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.

Affected Platforms

Redhat FedoraUbuntu Ubuntu LinuxNtfs-3G Ntfs-3G

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References