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CVE-2017-7494: Samba Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2017-7494
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Samba contains a 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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: SambaRemote code execution
What
Samba contains a remote code execution vulnerability.
Who is affected
Deployments of Samba.
Urgency
Immediate remediation is necessary due to active exploitation.
Action
Update Samba to the latest version.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2023-03-30
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7494

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2017-7494coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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