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High DLA-815-1 1 CVE

ntfs-3g - security update

Published Feb 2, 2017 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Ecosystem: Debian

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 7 ntfs-3g 1:2012.1.15AR.5-2.1+deb7u3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2017-0358 Public exploit

    ntfs-3g: Modprobe influence vulnerability via environment variables

    Jann Horn of Google Project Zero discovered that NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE, does not scrub the environment before executing modprobe with elevated privileges. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local root privilege escalation.

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