CVE-2017-8849

high

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.

References

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14

https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e

https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00242