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CVE-2017-7494
Samba Samba
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U H H H 9.8 .9945 99.9 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
samba since 3.5.0 – —
TIMELINE
Apr 5 Reserved by redhat
May 30 Published (CNA: redhat)
Mar 30 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-04-20
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| April 5, 2017 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| May 30, 2017 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| March 30, 2023 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-04-20 |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Samba | samba | — | since 3.5.0 | — |
References (17)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3860 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN]
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98636 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038552 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1270 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1271 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1272 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1273 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1390 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
- https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_enDocType=Technical+leaflet&p_File_Name=SEVD-2018-095-01+Security+Notification+Umotion+V1.1.pdf&p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2018-095-01 [x_refsource_MISC]
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03755en_us [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03759en_us [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-07 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170524-0001/ [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-7494 [government-resource]
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42060/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42084/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2017-7494 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
