# CVE-2010-3879: FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesyste

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2011-01-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.

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## References

- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42965
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62986
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0302
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0181
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42961
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html
- http://osvdb.org/70520
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34953

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