CVE-2007-2444
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.2 · Improper privilege management
7.2CVSS HIGH
Summary
Logic error in the SID/Name translation functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.23d through 3.0.25pre2 allows local users to gain temporary privileges and execute SMB/CIFS protocol operations via unspecified vectors that cause the daemon to transition to the root user.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01078980
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0006.htmlAdvisory
- http://osvdb.org/34698
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25232Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25241Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25246Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25251Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255Advisory