CVE-2017-2619

high-risk
Published 2018-03-12

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.

Do I need to act?

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40.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 59% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
41740
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Samba

References (22)

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
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429472
Third Party Advisory https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na...
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3816
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41740/
Vendor Advisory https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-2619.html
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
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429472
Third Party Advisory https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na...
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3816
and 2 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 24/34 · High
Exposure 10/34 · Low