UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8849

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8849
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8849.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8849
Upstream
Published
2017-05-17T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:19Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / smb4k

Package

Name
smb4k
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/smb4k@1.1.2-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "smb4k",
            "binary_version": "1.1.2-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8849.json"