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CVE-2012-3409 json

ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev which creates a possible privilege escalation

published 2019-12-20 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3379

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev which creates a possible privilege escalation

Patch / fix

  • ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 99
  • ecryptfs-utils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 99-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3409

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3409 updated cvss 3.7

ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev leading to possible privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ecryptfs-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ecryptfs-utils, ecryptfs-utils-python
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • ecryptfs-utils ecryptfs-utils

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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