CVE-2017-5180

8.8 highEPSS 0.7%

High (8.8) in firejail project firejail. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2017-02-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

firejail_project:firejail

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95298
https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/04/2

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