Firejail up to 0.9.44.3 Bandwith Command --shell access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Firejail up to 0.9.44.3. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Bandwith Command. Such manipulation of the argument --shell leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-5207. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Firejail up to 0.9.44.3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Bandwith Command. The manipulation of the argument --shell with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell argument.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2017. The weakness was presented 03/23/2017 by Martin (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-5207 since 01/07/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96748 (GLSA-201701-62 : Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.9.44.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96748) and SecurityFocus (BID 97385†). See VDB-96782 and VDB-98467 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 96748
Nessus Name: GLSA-201701-62 : Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firejail 0.9.44.4
Patch: github.com

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01/25/2017 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 5d43fdcd215203868d440ffc42036f5f5ffc89fc
Researcher: Martin
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-5207 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5207
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98468
SecurityFocus: 97385 - Firejail CVE-2017-5207 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5207 - Firejail - Privilege Escalation Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2017 07:15
Updated: 11/15/2022 07:06
Changes: 03/24/2017 07:15 (71), 09/13/2020 09:44 (5), 11/15/2022 07:06 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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