CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5207
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell argument.
Affected configurations
• firejail project firejail (< 0.9.44.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97385 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/5d43fdcd215203868d440ffc42036f5f5ffc89fc Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1023 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97385 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/5d43fdcd215203868d440ffc42036f5f5ffc89fc Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1023 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry