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CVE-2017-2619

41
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2619 affects Samba versions prior to 4.6.1, 4.5.7, and 4.4.11, allowing a malicious client to exploit a symlink race condition. This vulnerability enables unauthorized access to server file system areas not explicitly exported under the share definition. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low privileges but high attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-41740) exists, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41740 · Mar 27, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1118 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: samba-0:3.6.23-45.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: samba-0:4.4.4-13.el7_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: samba-0:4.6.3-4.el7rhgs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: libldb-0:1.1.29-1.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: libtalloc-0:2.1.9-1.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: libtdb-0:1.3.12-1.1.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: libtevent-0:0.9.31-1.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: samba-0:4.6.3-5.el6rhs
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: samba4
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: samba
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: samba3x

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2619Moderate

samba: symlink race permits opening files outside share directory

Mar 23, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1265
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2338
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2778
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2789
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3816
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41740
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
samba.org / samba/security/CVE-2017-2619.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97033
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038117
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry