CVE-2017-5940

high

Published 2017-02-09 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

82%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.9.44.6-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.9.44.6-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.9.44.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.9.44.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.9.44.6-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
firejail_project	firejail	`{"startIncluding":"0.9.38","endIncluding":"0.9.38.10"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-269

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.