CVE-2016-1233

high

Published 2016-01-26 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.9.5-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.9.5-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.9.5-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.9.5-1`
debian	8.0	not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
debian	fuse	`{"endIncluding":"2.9.3-14"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.