CVE-2008-3970

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

pam_mount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined volume, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a local mount.

Affected products

Pam Mount: 0.10, 0.11, 0.12.2, 0.13, 0.15, 0.16 (+21)

References

http://dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi?p=pam_mount%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=33b91d7659ae3aa78b1e94fd3f8e545ae5ff25db
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=alpine.LNX.1.10.0809042353120.17569%40fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr&forum_name=pam-mount-user
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624240
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:208
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/06/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31041
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44960
http://dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi?p=pam_mount%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=33b91d7659ae3aa78b1e94fd3f8e545ae5ff25db
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=alpine.LNX.1.10.0809042353120.17569%40fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr&forum_name=pam-mount-user

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