vulnerability

Samba CVE-2017-7494: Remote code execution from a writable share

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 24, 2017
Added
May 24, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solutions

samba-upgrade-4_4_14samba-upgrade-4_5_10samba-upgrade-4_6_4
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