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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-2e1r-1ef8-qqan |
| Aliases |
CVE-2017-5180
|
| Summary | 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. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 8.0 |
| Risk | 4.0 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| epss | 0.00345 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5180 |
| epss | 0.00345 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5180 |
| archlinux | High | https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-128 |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5180 | ||
| https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5180 | ||
| 850160 | https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850160 | |
| AVG-128 | https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-128 | |
| CVE-2017-5180 | Exploit | http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/20 |
| CVE-2017-5180 | Exploit | https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/43359.c |
| Data source | Exploit-DB |
|---|---|
| Date added | Dec. 18, 2017 |
| Description | Firejail < 0.9.44.4 / < 0.9.38.8 LTS - Local Sandbox Escape |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
| Source publication date | Jan. 4, 2017 |
| Exploit type | local |
| Platform | linux |
| Source update date | Dec. 18, 2017 |
| Source URL | http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/20 |
| Percentile | 0.56564 |
| EPSS Score | 0.00345 |
| Published At | Dec. 19, 2025, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19T17:26:03.749733+00:00 | Debian Importer | Import | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json | 37.0.0 |