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CVE-2017-7494

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2017-05-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Samba Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Samba Samba

Samba contains a remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share and then cause the server to load and execute it.

Added to KEV
2023-03-30
Remediation due
2023-04-20
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7494
Status
Analyzed
Published
2017-05-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-94

Description

Samba since version 3.5.0 and before 4.6.4, 4.5.10 and 4.4.14 is vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share, and then cause the server to load and execute it.

Affected configurations

• samba samba (>= 3.5.0 < 4.4.0) • samba samba (>= 4.4.0 < 4.4.14) • samba samba (>= 4.5.0 < 4.5.10) • samba samba (>= 4.6.0 < 4.6.4) • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References