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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-3879 · published 22 January 2011

CVE-2010-3879: Libfuse project libfuse link following vulnerability

LLibfuse Project · Libfuse

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.

5.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 9.8% · top 4.6% CWE-59 · Link following
5.8CVSS 2.0 base score
9.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
40References, 18 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333 ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70520 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42961 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42965 Third Party Advisory
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/ ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0181 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0302 Permissions Required
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598 ExploitIssue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183 ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62986 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602333 ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053792.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2010-November/077247.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/8 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/2 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70520 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42961 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42965 Third Party Advisory
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/FuseTimerace/ ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:155 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44623 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0181 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0302 Permissions Required
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670622 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651598 ExploitIssue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651183 ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62986 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-3879), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.