CVE-2017-8849 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2017-8849?

CVE-2017-8849 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

smb4k before 2.0.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify arguments to the mount helper DBUS service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8849?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Smb4k Project Smb4k.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8849?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-8849 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8849, DLA-1002-1, DSA-3951-1, GHSA-r2c6-g9q3-2m7j, MGASA-2017-0171, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8849.