{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5207","details":"Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell argument.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:08Z","published":"2017-03-23T16:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-5207"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5207"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1023"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5207"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"firejail","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/firejail@0.9.38.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.9.28-1","0.9.32-1","0.9.34-1","0.9.36-1","0.9.38-1","0.9.38-1ubuntu0.1","0.9.38.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.38.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"firejail"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5207.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}