{
    "id": "CVE-2017-8849",
    "published": "2017-05-17 14:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:27:04",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "smb4k before 2.0.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify arguments to the mount helper DBUS service.",
    "epss_score": "0.01948",
    "epss_percentile": "0.79639",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-10 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "smb4k_project",
            "product": "smb4k"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "42053",
            "title": "KDE 4/5 - 'KAuth' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2017-05-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/",
        "https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/",
        "https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt"
    ]
}