Firejail
CVE-2019-12589
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
In Firejail before 0.9.60, seccomp filters are writable inside the jail, leading to a lack of intended seccomp restrictions for a process that is joined to the jail after a filter has been modified by an attacker.
AnalysisAI
In Firejail before 0.9.60, seccomp filters are writable inside the jail, leading to a lack of intended seccomp restrictions for a process that is joined to the jail after a filter has been modified. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Incorrect Permission Assignment (CWE-732), which allows attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions. In Firejail before 0.9.60, seccomp filters are writable inside the jail, leading to a lack of intended seccomp restrictions for a process that is joined to the jail after a filter has been modified by an attacker. Affected products include: Firejail Project Firejail. Version information: before 0.9.60.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Review and restrict file/resource permissions, apply principle of least privilege.
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
Firejail before 0.9.64.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because there is a TOCTOU race conditio
Firejail through 0.9.62 mishandles shell metacharacters during use of the --output or --output-stderr option, which may
Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running on a Linux kernel before 4.8, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass a secc
Firejail 0.9.38.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl ca
Firejail before 0.9.44.6 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.10 LTS does not comprehensively address dotfile cases during its
Firejail before 0.9.60 allows truncation (resizing to length 0) of the firejail binary on the host by running exploit co
Firejail allows --chroot when seccomp is not supported, which might allow local users to gain privileges. Rated high sev
Firejail does not properly clean environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges. Rated high severity
Firejail does not restrict access to --tmpfs, which allows local users to gain privileges, as demonstrated by mounting o
Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell a
Firejail uses weak permissions for /dev/shm/firejail and possibly other files, which allows local users to gain privileg
Same technique Information Disclosure
View allShare
External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today