CVE-2017-5940 - OpenCVE

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.

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

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Firejail Project	Firejail

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/16
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96221
https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/38d418505e9ee2d326557e5639e8da49c298858f
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/903fd8a0789ca3cc3c21d84cd0282481515592ef
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/b8a4ff9775318ca5e679183884a6a63f3da8f863
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-03

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:18:48.369Z

Reserved: 2017-02-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5940

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-02-09T18:59:00.160

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2017-5940

Redhat

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