CVE-2017-8849
N/A
Published: May 17, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSMB4K
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 2.0.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
- 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
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83ccex_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000eVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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