CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-5207

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Mar 23, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firejail Firejail_project * 0.9.44.4 (excluding)
Firejail Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Firejail Ubuntu upstream *
Firejail Ubuntu xenial *
Firejail Ubuntu yakkety *

Potential Mitigations

References