CVE-2017-5180 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-02-09

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:::::lts:::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14289	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95298
https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62

History

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Subscriptions

Firejail Project Firejail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-09T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.375Z

Reserved: 2017-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5180

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-09T18:59:00.127

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5180

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-862

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