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CVE-2010-3879

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary...

5.8 MediumPublic exploitFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

9.85%Up 6.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.8

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.

Record
CVE-2010-3879
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2010-3879
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-3857 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2010-3857
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9qwx-j72c-6hr4 No score

FUSE, possibly 2.8.5 and earlier, allows local users to create mtab entries with arbitrary...

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.

Record
GHSA-9qwx-j72c-6hr4
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2010-3879
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-3879 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3879
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
fuse
Debian:12
 before 2.8.5-1
2.8.5-1
fuse
Debian:13
 before 2.8.5-1
2.8.5-1
fuse
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.8.3-3.el6_1
0:2.8.3-3.el6_1
fuse-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.8.3-3.el6_1
0:2.8.3-3.el6_1
fuse-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.8.3-3.el6_1
0:2.8.3-3.el6_1
fuse-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.8.3-3.el6_1
0:2.8.3-3.el6_1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBFUSE fusermount Tool - Race Condition2010-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-3879 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Libfuse Project Libfuse, published January 22, 2011. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.85%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in fuse 2.8.5-1.

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