CVE-2005-3531

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

fusermount in FUSE before 2.4.1, if installed setuid root, allows local users to corrupt /etc/mtab and possibly modify mount options by performing a mount over a directory whose name contains certain special characters.

Affected products

Miklos Szeredi Fuse: 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.3.0, 2.3_rc1, 2.4.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17691
http://secunia.com/advisories/17695
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-17.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:216
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15529
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2529
http://secunia.com/advisories/17691
http://secunia.com/advisories/17695
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-17.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:216
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15529
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2529

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