High severity · published Mar 12, 2018
CVE-2017-2619
Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the…
7.5
CVSS
11.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the share definition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.1% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
SA
Samba · Samba
before 4.4.12; 4.5.0 before 4.5.7; 4.6.0 before 4.6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2619
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2619
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97033
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038117
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2778
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789
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