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CVE-2010-2961

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

mountall.c in mountall before 2.15.2 uses 0666 permissions for the root.rules file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.

Affected products

• Scott James Remnant Mountall: through 2.14; 1.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/41351
• http://www.osvdb.org/67914
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-985-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2342
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/591807
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41351
• http://www.osvdb.org/67914
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-985-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2342
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/591807

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