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CVE-2017-5207 (GCVE-0-2017-5207)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-23 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:55
VLAI
Summary
Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell argument.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-01-07 00:00
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