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CVE-2017-5206

CRITICAL · CVSS 9 EPSS 1.94% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.0. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2017-5206
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9
EPSS
1.94%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running on a Linux kernel before 4.8, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass a seccomp-based sandbox protection mechanism via the --allow-debuggers argument.

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