CVE-2017-7494
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- May 30, 2017
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 5, 2017
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
sambaSamba |
|
References
- 98636vdb-entry
- DSA-3860vendor-advisory
- 42084exploit
- RHSA-2017:1270vendor-advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html
- https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_enDocType=Technical+leaflet&p_File_Name=SEVD-2018-095-01+Security+Notification+Umotion+V1.1.pdf&p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2018-095-01
- RHSA-2017:1390vendor-advisory
- 1038552vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:1273vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1271vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201805-07vendor-advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03759en_us
- RHSA-2017:1272vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170524-0001/
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03755en_us
- 42060exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-7494government-resource
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