CVE•Published 2017-02-09•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-5940Firejail_project · Firejail
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5180.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-09
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-5940Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Firejail Project Firejail"All exposed Firejail Project Firejail instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Firejail"HTTP body or banner mentions "Firejail" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-5940Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-5940Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-5940Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-5940GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-5940" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.