CVE-2011-0542 (GCVE-0-2011-0542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-09-02 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:58
VLAI
Summary
fusermount in fuse 2.8.5 and earlier does not perform a chdir to / before performing a mount or umount, which allows local users to unmount arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1037 records in the last 180 days details
References
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