CVE-2017-5207 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Firejail versions prior to 0.9.44.4. An authenticated local user can exploit this flaw by using the --shell argument with the bandwidth command to gain root privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.9.44.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.