CVE-2016-10120 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Firejail, where the application incorrectly sets 0777 permissions when mounting /dev, /dev/shm, /var/tmp, or /var/lock. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE 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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.