CVE-2007-5159

4.6
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
0.35%
LOW RiskEPSS (27th percentile)

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.

Published: 10/1/2007
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

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

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.35%LOW Exploitation Risk
27th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.35% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 27% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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