CVE-2017-0358

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% 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:3.0/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 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2018-04-13 15:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-04 16:01Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-11-29

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

430e257e9cad26fdffe145ef175d1efd4ba9248e39738a13c415dfa61a4d1ff5

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-10vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.debian.orgDSA-3780https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.exploit-db.com41240https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41240/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.exploit-db.com41356https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41356/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com95987http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95987vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• marc.info[oss-security] 20170201 CVE-2017-0358 ntfs-3g: modprobe influence vulnerability via environment variableshttps://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148594671929354&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170203 Re: CVE-2017-0358 ntfs-3g: modprobe influence vulnerability via environment variableshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/04/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST