CVE-2017-5180

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5180
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-09T18:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR 0.9.44.4
cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR 0.9.38 0.9.38.8
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ Release Notes Vendor 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62 Third Party Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:48:06 2017-02-09T18:59Z 2017-02-09T18:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:48:06 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:48:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated