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    CVE-2007-5159

    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.

    Published:Oct 1, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 1, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.00044
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ntfs-3g
    Product
    Ntfs-3g
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Ubuntu
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High