CVE-2008-3970

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3970
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-11 01:13:47 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpam_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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.10 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.11 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.12.2 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.13 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.15 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.16 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.17 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.18 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.19 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.20 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.21 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.26 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.27 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.28 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.29 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.31 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.32 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.35 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.35.1 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.37 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.38 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.39 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.40 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.41 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.43 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.44 All All All
Application Pam Mount Pam Mount 0.45 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:208 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - CVE request: pam_mount < 0.47 missing security checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: pam_mount < 0.47 missing security checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.medozas.de
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
pam_mount module / Thread: [pam_mount] pam_mount 0.47 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
pam_mount 'luserconf' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CONFIRM:http://dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi?p=pam_mount;a=commitdiff;h=33b91d7659ae3aa78b1e94fd3f8e545ae5ff25db MITRE dev.medozas.de
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