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CVE-2008-3970
pam_mount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.32%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- [pam-mount-user] 20080905 pam_mount 0.47 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080906 CVE request: pam_mount < 0.47 missing security checks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- pammount-luserconf-privilege-escalation(44960) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624240 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request: pam_mount < 0.47 missing security checks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31041 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi?p=pam_mount%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=33b91d7659ae3aa78b1e94fd3f8e545ae5ff25db (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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