CVE-2010-3879

MediumCVSS 5.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 22, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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