How severe is CVE-2017-5940?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-5940?

This is classified as CWE-269, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2017-5940

HIGH Year: 2017

CVSS v3 Score

8.8

High

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

Medium

Weakness Type

CWE-269

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Vulnerability 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.

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CVSS:8.8(High)

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CVSS:8.8(High)

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CVSS:8.8(High)

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