CVE-2017-5940 is a high-severity sandbox escape vulnerability affecting Firejail versions before 0.9.44.6 and 0.9.38.10 LTS. It allows a local attacker with low privileges to bypass sandbox restrictions and access user files by exploiting an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5180, specifically through symlink manipulation with the --private option. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High) due to its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and its 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.9.38, <= 0.9.38.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.9.40, <= 0.9.44.6CPE 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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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