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CVE-2017-8849

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Smb4K Project Smb4K: through 2.0.0

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656
• https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce
• https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3

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