CVE-2017-2619 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 11.1% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 11.11% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-362 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-03-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| samba | samba |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Samba 4.5.2 - Symlink Race Permits Opening Files Outside Share Directory | 2017-03-27 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97033
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038117
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2778
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429472
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03755en_us
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3816
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41740/
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-2619.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97033
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038117
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2778
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429472
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03755en_us
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3816
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