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CVE-2010-3879

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 9.8%EU EUVD

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary pathnames, and consequently unmount any filesystem, via a symlink attack on the parent directory of the mountpoint of a FUSE filesystem, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0789.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-59
EPSS score
9.8% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2010-3857)
Published
January 22, 2011
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3857 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • libfuse project / libfuse

References

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

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