CVE-2017-7494 (GCVE-0-2017-7494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-30 18:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • remote code execution
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Samba samba Affected: since 3.5.0
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