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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24715
HistoryApr 10, 2020 - 1:02 a.m.

Privilege Escalation

2020-04-1001:02:45
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
18

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

encryptfs-utils is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A race condition flaw was found in the way mount.ecryptfs_private checked the permissions of a requested mount point when mounting an encrypted file system. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges by mounting over an arbitrary directory.