CVE-2012-3409
HIGHecryptfs-utils 86-98 - Privilege Escalation via Improper Filesystem Mount Restrictions
Title source: llmDescription
ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev which creates a possible privilege escalation
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3409
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3409
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/23
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/13/5
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3409
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0041
EPSS Percentile
32.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
ecryptfs/ecryptfs-utils
86 - 99
Published
Dec 20, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026