CVE-2015-3202
fuse: incorrect filtering of environment variables leading to privilege escalation
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 21, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was discovered that fusermount failed to properly sanitize its environment before executing mount and umount commands. A local user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS 2.0 · 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation