CVE-2007-2444

Description

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.83% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory openpkg.com Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory samba.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25289 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1805 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/25772 third party advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25270 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468670/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2281 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2210 vdb entry permissions required
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01078980 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018049 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2701 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25241 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:104 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25256 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1366 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25259 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.475906 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102964-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1291 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468548/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25232 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25251 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200588-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-460-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25246 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/34698 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 third party advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-2444.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23974 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25675 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2444?
CVE-2007-2444 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2444?
To fix CVE-2007-2444, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2444 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-2444 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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