CVE-2017-12163 describes an information leak vulnerability in Samba's SMB1 protocol implementation, affecting versions before 4.4.16, 4.5.14, and 4.6.8 across Debian, Red Hat, and Samba products. This flaw allows a malicious client to dump server memory contents to a file or shared printer, though the attacker cannot control the specific memory area. Rated 7.1 HIGH (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N), it has a low attack complexity and no required privileges, leading to high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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