CVE-2017-8849

high

Published 2017-05-17 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42053 local linux

Stealth · 2017-05-18

KDE 4/5 - 'KAuth' Local Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`2.0.0-2`
debian	8.0	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.2.1-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.2.1-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.2.1-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.2.1-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.2.1-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
smb4k_project	smb4k	`{"endIncluding":"2.0.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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