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CVE-2017-7494 on CISA KEV

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.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

Samba Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor / Product
— / Samba / Samba
Added to KEV
2023-03-30
BOD 22-01 due
2023-04-20
Ransomware use
Known
CVSS / EPSS
· EPSS 94.18%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

VendorProductVersions
Sambasambasince 3.5.0

06Detection

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