CVE-2017-8849
smb4k before 2.0.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify arguments to the mount helper DBUS service.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-05-17 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-05-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6ff7157f5be8e668148e876e46e06973e175b897ad90cb7bd3b8d73ce64285d7
05 Affected products
06 References
- cgit.kde.orghttps://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e
- www.exploit-db.com42053https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656
- www.debian.orgDSA-3951http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201705-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14
- www.kde.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt
- cgit.kde.orghttps://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce
- www.securityfocus.com98690http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170510 generic kde LPEhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
- www.securityfocus.com98737http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- smb4k Fixed in 2.0.0-2
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- smb4k Fixed in 1.2.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- smb4k Fixed in 1.2.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- smb4k No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.