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CVE-2007-0453

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0453 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the nss_winbind.so.1 library within Samba versions 3.0.21 through 3.0.23d, specifically impacting the winbindd daemon on Solaris systems. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through the gethostbyname and getipnodebyname functions. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.21aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.21bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.21cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0072 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-0453

CVE-2007-0453

References

osvdb.org / 33098
secunia.com / advisories/24043
secunia.com / advisories/24101
secunia.com / advisories/24151
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/32231
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1005
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
us1.samba.org / samba/security/CVE-2007-0453.html
openpkg.com / security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/459168/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/459365/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/22410
trustix.org / errata/2007/0007
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0483