CVE-2012-3409
ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev which creates a possible privilege escalation
02 Description
ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev which creates a possible privilege escalation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-20 13:33Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 56a06e3b0a007e9d9358e1054a4e54126ccaf4ef223d565c3b554a5faae9bc46
05 Affected products
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3409
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3409
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/1
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/23
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/13/5
- access.redhat.comRed Hathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3409
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ecryptfs-utils Fixed in 99-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ecryptfs-utils Fixed in 99-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ecryptfs-utils Fixed in 99-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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