CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5180
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
Firejail before 0.9.44.4 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.8 LTS does not consider the .Xauthority case 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.
Affected configurations
• firejail project firejail (< 0.9.44.4)
• firejail project firejail (>= 0.9.38 < 0.9.38.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/04/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62 Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/04/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62 Third Party Advisory