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CVE-2016-1233

fuse: udev rule creates world-writeable /dev/cuse

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 20, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

An unspecified udev rule in the Debian fuse package in jessie before 2.9.3-15+deb8u2, in stretch before 2.9.5-1, and in sid before 2.9.5-1 sets world-writable permissions for the /dev/cuse character device, which allows local users to gain privileges via a character device in /dev, related to an ioctl.

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
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource