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CVE-2017-5180

Firejail before 0.9.44.4 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.8 LTS does not consider the .Xauthority case during its attempt to prevent accessing

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Summary

Firejail before 0.9.44.4 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.8 LTS does not consider the .Xauthority case 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.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-43359

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 5

securityfocus.com

firejail.wordpress.com

security.gentoo.org

openwall.com

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