CVE-2008-3970
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3955)
- Published
- September 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3955 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
- pam mount / pam mount
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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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