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CVE-2012-3409

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• 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: 2019-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev which creates a possible privilege escalation

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Ecryptfs-Utils: from 86 before 99 — fixed in 99

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ecryptfs-Utils 99. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/23
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/13/5
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3409
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3409
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3409
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/23
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/13/5
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3409
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3409
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3409

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