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CVE-2017-5207

Date: March 23, 2017

Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell argument.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (10)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/6

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5207

Url: https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5207

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5207

Url: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/5d43fdcd215203868d440ffc42036f5f5ffc89fc

Url: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1023

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97385

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5207

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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