CVE-2017-5940

Firejail before 0.9.44.6 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.10 LTS does not comprehensively address dotfile cases during its attempt to prevent accessing user…

published February 9, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Firejail before 0.9.44.6 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.10 LTS does not comprehensively address dotfile cases during its attempt to prevent accessing user files with an euid of zero, which allows local users to conduct sandbox-escape attacks via vectors involving a symlink and the --private option. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5180.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00360 · 28.3th percentile
Published
2017-02-09T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 FEB 18:00Z
    Firejail before 0.9.44.6 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.10 LTS does not comprehensively address dotfile cases during its attempt to prevent accessing user…
    cvelistv5