CVE-2017-5940
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
02 Description
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
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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
- 2017-02-09 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-02-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0be35473cea7a8eacfe81b8a421da50bbe2db7c74bd747f79e869d14df789e96
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/b8a4ff9775318ca5e679183884a6a63f3da8f863
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-03
- github.comhttps://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/38d418505e9ee2d326557e5639e8da49c298858f
- firejail.wordpress.comhttps://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/16
- github.comhttps://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/903fd8a0789ca3cc3c21d84cd0282481515592ef
- www.securityfocus.com96221http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96221
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- firejail Fixed in 0.9.44.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firejail Fixed in 0.9.44.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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