CVE-2012-3409

Publication date 20 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ecryptfs-utils	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
ecryptfs-utils	Upstream: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/705 Upstream: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/708

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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