Is CVE-2007-5159 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-5159 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5159?

CVE-2007-5159 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-5159

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.6 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.4% (29th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-5140)
Published: October 1, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5140 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ntfs-3g / ntfs-3g
redhat / fedora
ubuntu / ubuntu linux

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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