CVE-2017-7494

high KEV

Published 2023-03-30 · Modified 2023-03-30

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

9.5

Description

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.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Samba
Product: Samba
Due date: 2023-04-20

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7494

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7494

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7494.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201705-22

Exploits

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`4.5.10-1`
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2:4.5.8+dfsg-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2:4.5.8+dfsg-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`2:4.5.8+dfsg-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`2:4.5.8+dfsg-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2:4.5.8+dfsg-2`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.