MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2447

Samba vulnerability

CVSS
6.0
EPSS
49.8%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
The MS-RPC functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.25rc3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters involving the (1) SamrChangePassword function, when the "username map script" smb.conf option is enabled, and allows remote authenticated users to execute commands via shell metacharacters involving other MS-RPC functions in the (2) remote printer and (3) file share management.
Affected vendor
Samba
Affected product
Samba
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2007-05-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 49.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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