CVE-2017-7494

CVE Enrichment

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS: 99.45%
EPSS Percentile: 99.94%
CISA KEV: YES — Known Exploited Vulnerability

Description

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.

Technical Details

CVSS Version: 3.1
CNA / NVD Source: [email protected]
Published: 31-May-2017 01:29
Last Modified: 17-Jun-2026 08:24
EPSS Date: 2026-10-20
CWE: CWE-94

CVSS Vector


            CVSS:3.1                            AV:N /
                            AC:L /
                            PR:N /
                            UI:N /
                            S:U /
                            C:H /
                            I:H /
                            A:H

CISA KEV Details

Date Added: 2023-03-30
Remediation Due: 2023-04-20
Known Ransomware Campaign Use: Known
Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7494

Affected Products / Versions

samba / samba Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 3.5.0 · before (exclusive) 4.4.0
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba / samba Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 4.4.0 · before (exclusive) 4.4.14
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba / samba Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 4.5.0 · before (exclusive) 4.5.10
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba / samba Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 4.6.0 · before (exclusive) 4.6.4
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian / debian_linux Source: NVD CPE · affected
Version / affected range: 8.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

Last enrichment sync: 29-Oct-2026 15:04
Sources: NVD · FIRST EPSS · CISA KEV
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Reported Context (1)

#KTHRoyalInstituteofTechnology #CVE-2017-7494 KTH Researchers Test an Intrusion-Response Agent on an Emulated Industrial Network

Industries (1)

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