Improper Privilege Management in firejail - CVE-2017-5207
Published: March 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39403
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5207
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell argument.
Affected software
firejail
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5207
Install update from vendor's website.
firejail - update to 0.9.44.4
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97385
- https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/5d43fdcd215203868d440ffc42036f5f5ffc89fc
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1023
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62