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CVE-2017-8849

Date: May 17, 2017

smb4k before 2.0.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify arguments to the mount helper DBUS service.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737

Url: https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e

Url: https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8849

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8849

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8849

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/

Url: https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-8849

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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