CVE-2016-9016 describes a critical vulnerability in Firejail version 0.9.38.4, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox environment. This is achieved through a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, bypassing the intended security isolation. The vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring only low privileges and local access. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.38.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:0.9.38.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.