CVE-2017-5206
Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running on a Linux kernel before 4.8, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass a seccomp-based sandbox protection mechanism via the --allow-debuggers argument.
02 Description
Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running on a Linux kernel before 4.8, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass a seccomp-based sandbox protection mechanism via the --allow-debuggers argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-23 16:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 14:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dc0cf09dbbea6986cf6855776d0d344020e7cdb417a644872711f70e02a68778
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170107 Re: Firejail local root exploithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/5
- blog.lizzie.iohttps://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html#fn.51
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-62https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62
- github.comhttps://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/6b8dba29d73257311564ee7f27b9b14758cc693e
- www.securityfocus.com97120http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97120
- firejail.wordpress.comhttps://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firejail Fixed in 0.9.44.10-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- firejail Fixed in 0.9.44.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firejail Fixed in 0.9.44.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firejail No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.