Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1233

Title: Debian Fuse Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1233.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Jan 26, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1233: 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.

Impacted Vendors

F
fuse 1
M
miklos_szeredi 1
R
redhat 1
D
debian 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3451 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3451
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1233 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.